Desire, gift, and recognition: christology and postmodern philosophy
Introduction: Christ from other angles -- Christology as the impossible -- A sketch of the main constructive elements to be used and for what purpose -- Angles for a postmodern christology -- Post-metaphysical prologue : on the Word "God" and its meaning for a christology searching for oth...
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| Language: | English |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. [u.a.]
William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co
2009
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| In: | Year: 2009 |
| Reviews: | Desire, Gift, and Recognition. Christology and Postmodern Philosophy (2010) (Saarinen, Risto, 1959 -)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Christology
/ Theology
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| Further subjects: | B
Postmodernism
Religious aspects
Christianity
B Jesus Christ Person and offices |
| Summary: | Introduction: Christ from other angles -- Christology as the impossible -- A sketch of the main constructive elements to be used and for what purpose -- Angles for a postmodern christology -- Post-metaphysical prologue : on the Word "God" and its meaning for a christology searching for other angles -- In the beginning was the Word and the Word was "God" (John 1:1) -- God, the Word -- Why start christology with God? -- Desire -- Exploring christological doctrine from the angle of desire -- Desire within a broader framework of human life and its possible implications for christology -- Gift and grace -- Derrida on gift -- Desire and gift -- The economy of grace : Tanner -- Recognition -- Recognition and desire in Hegel -- Recognition of the other and desire in Levinas -- Identity issues -- Who is this human? -- Unstable identities of descent and assent as reflected in Matthew 1 -- King among Kings? -- The mother and identity : perspectives from Kristeva -- Relativizing family ties as basis for identity a different community -- Who do they say that I am : the outcome of Mark 8 -- The other approach to identity : John -- Christ as the true Imago Dei -- Excursus : Nietzsche's understanding of the human as the alternative to the notion of Imago Dei -- Unity between human and God : identity again -- Who is God? -- Difficulties concerning God-talk in the Markian narrative -- God's care sufficient -- The kingdom as gift the impossibility of an 'economic' God -- God as the object of love and desire -- The kingdom of God as witness about God - Summing up Jesus' teaching about God : God as burglar -- A major image of God and tensions : the Prodigal Son -- God as Abba -- Jesus functioning as God -- Hospitality and forgiveness in Derrida : opening up to God -- Who is righteous : the kingdom and the disruption of economies of merit and money -- A community of excess -- Excursus : the community of the church as a sign of the kingdom -- Jesus' reinterpretation of the law : the law in the triadic relation -- The theology of generosity: let God be god! -- Rationale of the law and justice behind the law -- The last judgment : Christ as judge and witness to justice -- You are saved by your faith! -- Three encounters -- Recognition and rejection -- Jesus as revealing answers to questions of identity -- Jesus have a nature or two -- Critique of the two-nature doctrine and new attempts -- Christ as God's representation : the semiotic angle -- Death and circumstances of death : the closing of the open world -- The drama of Easter and its victim -- Judas and Peter as models -- Judas' betrayal -- Peter's denial -- Perpetrators and bystanders : collective evil reconsidered -- Envious desire -- Evil and identity -- Bystanders -- Jesus as a scapegoat preventing violence -- Reflections on René Girard's theory -- Mimetic desire and the mechanisms behind scapegoating -- Girard on the non-sacrificial death of Christ -- Dalferth : sacrifice as non-necessary -- Anselm's Cur deus homo and beyond : escaping the trap of exchange and violence -- J.D. Weaver : alternatives to Anselm's violence -- Kathryn Tanner on the link between incarnation, cross, and sacrifice -- Salvation as finding one's place : C. Gestrich -- The crucifixion as realization of identity : the gift of recognition and representation -- The scandalous gift : the cross -- Recognition in Hegel : relevant for staurology -- From recognition to representation -- Death as a conclusio and abandonment -- Implications and consequences -- Epilogue to part III : identity issues revisited - Resurrection and incarnation as gift -- The impossible impossible : resurrection from other angles -- Resurrection faith, recognition, and gift : Marion -- On the inconclusiveness of historical evidence -- The Paulinian core argument a discussion -- Resurrection as manifestation of incarnation : Dalferth -- Conclusion: Resurrection as the symbol for a reopened future |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 368-375) and indexes |
| ISBN: | 080286371X |