On Genealogy Critique of Secularized Christianity

Genealogy critique has furthered the debate about how theological ideas continue to inform secular claims in modernity. At the same time, there are arguments suggesting that genealogy critique tends to locate secular modernity inside theological self-descriptions of the world-historical and eschatol...

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Main Author: Trein, Lorenz 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2021
In: Political theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 22, Issue: 6, Pages: 457-474
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Löwith, Karl 1897-1973 / Blumenberg, Hans 1920-1996 / Secularization / Modernity / Christianity / Eschatology
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
CH Christianity and Society
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
NBQ Eschatology
Further subjects:B Hans Blumenberg
B Genealogy critique
B Karl Löwith
B Secularization
B apocalyptic future
B theological origin narratives
B Eschatology
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Summary:Genealogy critique has furthered the debate about how theological ideas continue to inform secular claims in modernity. At the same time, there are arguments suggesting that genealogy critique tends to locate secular modernity inside theological self-descriptions of the world-historical and eschatological orientation of Christianity. This article sheds light on theological debates that directly or indirectly informed notions of rupture and continuity in the older secularization debate by pointing to similarities in the works of Karl Löwith and Hans Blumenberg. If the secularization narrative was framed with a view to contemporary theological discussions about history and eschatology, as well as the problem of specifying the apocalyptical orientation of early Christianity as it intersects with or separates itself from “late Judaism,” then the question arises how scholars of religion, who engage in genealogy critique today, respond to these theological legacies.
ISSN:1743-1719
Contains:Enthalten in: Political theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2020.1840038