Being reconciled : ontology and pardon / / John Milbank

• Autore: Milbank John
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 234/.5
• Soggetto topico: Reconciliation - Religious aspects - Christianity; Gifts - Religious aspects - Christianity; Philosophical theology
• Classificazione: 11.61
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-232) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Evil: darkness and silence; Violence: double passivity; Forgiveness: the double waters; Incarnation: the sovereign victim; Crucifixion: obscure deliverance; Atonement: Christ the exception; Ecclesiology: the last of the last; Grace: the midwinter sacrifice; Politics: socialism by grace; Culture: the gospel of affinity; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Being Reconciled is a radical and entirely fresh theological treatment of the classic theory of the Gift in the context of divine reconciliation. It reconsiders notions of freedom and exchange in relation to a Christian doctrine which understands Creation, grace and incarnation as heavenly gifts, but the Fall, evil and violence as refusal of those gifts. In a sustained and rigorous response to the works of Derrida, Levinas, Marion, Zizek, Hauerwas and the 'Radical Evil' school, John Milbank posits the daring view that only transmission of the forgiveness offered by the Divine Humanit
• Titolo autorizzato: Being reconciled
• ISBN: 1-134-40590-1; 1-134-40589-8; 1-280-05810-2; 9786610058105; 0-203-32868-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783738303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Radical orthodoxy series.