The Unknown Christ of Christianity: Scripture and Theology in Panikkar’s Early Writings
It is either a particular irony or fittingly appropriate that the same Raimon Panikkar, who arguably redefined comparative religious hermeneutics for Christian theologians, has proven so elusive and non-interpretable, and has generated the most diverse hermeneutical perspectives on his own works and...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Univ.
2022
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Nidān
Year: 2022, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 91-95 |
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| Summary: | It is either a particular irony or fittingly appropriate that the same Raimon Panikkar, who arguably redefined comparative religious hermeneutics for Christian theologians, has proven so elusive and non-interpretable, and has generated the most diverse hermeneutical perspectives on his own works and legacy. Enrico Beltramini’s contribution to Panikkar studies is distinctive to others among this varied landscape, contextualizing the early Panikkar within the mid-20th century academic domains of biblical studies, patristic studies, and Catholic systematic theologies. In this endeavour, Beltramini draws upon my own foregrounding of early Panikkar texts such as "Meditation on Melchizedek" and analysis of Panikkar’s use of the Bible in the first edition of The Unknown Christ of Hinduism (Ranstrom 2017), and takes these trajectories in his own direction. Whereas my scholarship argued for a reconstructed appropriation of various and selective lines of the Panikkarian theological reflection over the course of different epochs within his intellectual development as a systematic foundation for contemporary comparative theology, Beltraimini takes a further hermeneutical leap. He articulates what he believes to be the unitary, rather than evolving, theological concern of Panikkar’s life that is rooted in his priestly vocation—Catholic and cosmic—and argues that this systematic coherence represents a profound achievement, transcending mere professional theology. This is the key for him to a proper interpretation of his writings, and while establishing Panikkar as an ironic theologian or philosopher, he also identifies the specific kinds of academic scholarship in theology and biblical studies that Panikkar drew upon, or was indebted to, in communicating his vision. |
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| ISSN: | 2414-8636 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.58125/nidan.2022.2 |