Theopoetics of the Word

A New Beginning of Word and World
2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-44063-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 172 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Radical Theologies and Philosophies

Gabriel Vahanian's final work, Theopoetics of the Word weaves together Christian theology, continental philosophy and cultural studies to present a new theology of language and technology for the 21st century.

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Vahanian, G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Foreword, Noelle Vahanian Introduction, Michael Grimshaw 1. Wording the World and Worlding the Word 2. The Kenotic Utopianism of Language 3. God and the Fallacy of Identity: A Theological Disintoxication of the West 4. The Secular, a Christian Contribution to the East/West Dialogue 5. No Christ No Jesus 6. Christ beyond Christ 7. Language and Co.: The Conditioning of God, a Foray Postscript

Über Autor(innen)

Author Gabriel Vahanian: One of the original death of God theologians, Gabriel Vahanian established his international reputation as a theologian of culture with such early books as The Death of God: The Culture of Our Post-Christian Era, Wait Without Idols, and No Other God. More recent works include Anonymous God: An Essay on Not Dreading Words, Tillich and the New Religious Paradigm, and Praise of the Secular. Vahanian had long tenures at the University of Syracuse and the University of Strasbourg and was a founding member of the American Academy of Religion. This last posthumous work was completed shortly before his death in 2012. Foreword by Noëlle Vahanian: Noëlle Vahanian is Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Lebanon Valley College, USA. Introduction by Mike Grimshaw: Michael Grimshaw is Associate Professor in the School of Language, Social and Political Sciences at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.