Recovering World-Welcoming Words: Language, Metaphysics, and the Voice of Nature

This article presents a theological-literary response to a concern in contemporary theory with heeding and articulating the speech of nonhuman things. Drawing from Rowan Williams’ metaphysics of poetic addition, I argue that an ‘ecotheological’ literary practice challenges us to become attentive and...

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Main Author: Gerlier, Valentin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2021
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 7
Further subjects:B Nature
B ecology and religion
B metaphysics of language
B Timothy Morton
B Shakespeare
B Jean-Louis Chrétien
B theology and literature
B Ecotheology
B King Lear
B Rowan Williams
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