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Paul's new moment : continental philosophy and the future of Christian theology / John Milbank, Slavoj Žižek, Creston Davis ; with Catherine Pickstock.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos, c2010.Description: ix, 244 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781587432279 (pbk.)
  • 1587432277 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 261.5/1 22
LOC classification:
  • BR100 .M49 2010
Contents:
On Paul. Paul against biopolitics / John Milbank -- Paul and the truth event / Slavoj Žižek -- Paul and subtraction / Creston Davis -- On the liturgy. Liturgy and the senses / Catherine Pickstock -- Subtractive liturgy / Creston Davis -- A meditation of Michelangelo's Christ on the Cross / Slavoj Žižek -- On mediation and apocalypse. Thinking backward: predestination and apocalypse / Slavoj Žižek -- The return of mediation / John Milbank.
Summary: "Are there moments in Christian history when non-Christians in some ways understand Christianity better than Christians?...Today some leading secular thinkers have turned to a surprising source: the apostle Paul. The rediscovery of Paul by atheistic or agnostic European philosophers is one of the most striking recent developments in philosophy--and certainly one of keen interest to the church"--BACK COVER.
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Books Books SAIACS General Stacks Centre for South Asia Research (CSAR) 261.51 M638P (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.2 Available 051081
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261.51 B422F For faith and clarity : 261.51 F324E The endangered self / 261.51 H478O Objective knowledge : 261.51 M638P Paul's new moment : 261.515 D852P A peaceable psychology : 261.52 A788G The globalization of communications : some religious implications / 261.53 F892W The Word and the world :

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

On Paul. Paul against biopolitics / John Milbank -- Paul and the truth event / Slavoj Žižek -- Paul and subtraction / Creston Davis -- On the liturgy. Liturgy and the senses / Catherine Pickstock -- Subtractive liturgy / Creston Davis -- A meditation of Michelangelo's Christ on the Cross / Slavoj Žižek -- On mediation and apocalypse. Thinking backward: predestination and apocalypse / Slavoj Žižek -- The return of mediation / John Milbank.

"Are there moments in Christian history when non-Christians in some ways understand Christianity better than Christians?...Today some leading secular thinkers have turned to a surprising source: the apostle Paul. The rediscovery of Paul by atheistic or agnostic European philosophers is one of the most striking recent developments in philosophy--and certainly one of keen interest to the church"--BACK COVER.

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