Unimaginable Variations: Christian Responsibility in the Cinema of Broken Identity
This paper addresses the combination of theology and humanism by reflecting on Christian identity. Beginning with Paul Ricoeur's theory of fiction as a laboratory of ‘imaginative variations’ on the possibilities of ethical selfhood, I ask: if the world projected by the Christian scriptures over...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Oxford University Press
2004
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Literature and theology
Année: 2004, Volume: 18, Numéro: 3, Pages: 321-350 |
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| Résumé: | This paper addresses the combination of theology and humanism by reflecting on Christian identity. Beginning with Paul Ricoeur's theory of fiction as a laboratory of ‘imaginative variations’ on the possibilities of ethical selfhood, I ask: if the world projected by the Christian scriptures overturns human possibilities, what happens to the Christian self's ethical responsibility' I analyse the motion pictures Fight Club, Memento, and The Matrix to interpret extreme cases or ‘unimaginable variations’ on the theme of conversion among broken, fragmented, and manipulated selves. I argue that The Matrix presents a form of conversion most conducive to fulfilling ethical responsibility. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/18.3.321 |