Gianni Vattimo and René Girard on the uniqueness of Christianity
The possibility of a naturalistic explanation of religious phenomena (including Christianity) which is offered by natural science gives the question of the uniqueness of Christianity a new urgency, for it raises the question of whether an irreducible otherness in Christianity vis-à -vis a generally-...
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| Format: | Print Review |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2009
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Heythrop journal
Year: 2009, Volume: 50, Issue: 5, Pages: 877-889 |
| Review of: | Credere di credere (Milano : Garzanti, 1996) (Depoortere, Frederiek)
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Girard, René 1923-2015
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism CA Christianity |
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Book review
B Girard, René (1923-2015) B Christianity |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | The possibility of a naturalistic explanation of religious phenomena (including Christianity) which is offered by natural science gives the question of the uniqueness of Christianity a new urgency, for it raises the question of whether an irreducible otherness in Christianity vis-à -vis a generally-human, natural religiosity (which may be explained naturalistically) can be demonstrated. In what follows, we shall discuss the answer of two contemporary thinkers to this question: that of the Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo and that of the French-American literary critic and fundamental anthropologist René Girard. There is also an interesting link between both thinkers, as we shall see below Vattimo has stated that it was his reading of Girard which made him return to Christianity after having abandoned it earlier in his life. |
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| ISSN: | 0018-1196 |
| Contains: | In: Heythrop journal
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