Clones, Princes, and Beautiful Parodies: Rowan Williams' Negative Literary Christology
This article traces in Williams' thought a 'negative Christology' pursued through the examination of parodic Christ-figures. This is accomplished, first, through exploring a 'negative-image' of the virgin birth in James MacMillan and Michael Symmons Roberts' Parthenogen...
| Published in: | Literature and theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2015]
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Literature and theology
Year: 2015, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 284-297 |
| RelBib Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture NBF Christology VA Philosophy |
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| Summary: | This article traces in Williams' thought a 'negative Christology' pursued through the examination of parodic Christ-figures. This is accomplished, first, through exploring a 'negative-image' of the virgin birth in James MacMillan and Michael Symmons Roberts' Parthenogenesis, and then, more fully, through Prince Myshkin, Dostoevsky's protagonist in The Idiot. The latter is ultimately a parodic Christ-figure because he is what Hegel and Gillian Rose term a 'beautiful soul', a figure too pure to express its agency in time. In the difference between such a beautiful parody and its original in Christ, Williams finds fruitful theological data, which arguably inflects his more positive Christological presentation. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/fru046 |