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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2021
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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
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| 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2020.1840038 |