Forgiveness as singularity: The “Allah” controversy in Malaysia and the church's public discourse of cheek-turning

This paper adopts a Lacanian motif to present the world as being psycho-theologically characterized by sacrifice and loss, with its subjects (including, more often than not, Christians) remaining in bondage to a vicious cycle of tit-for-tat violence and retribution. The chief solution to this situat...

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Main Author: Lau, Alwyn (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2018]
In: Dialog
Year: 2018, Volume: 57, Issue: 1, Pages: 40-46
RelBib Classification:BJ Islam
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
KBM Asia
NBC Doctrine of God
NCA Ethics
Further subjects:B Forgiveness
B Church
B Lacan
B Malaysia
B Allah
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