Lyotard and Theology

ISBN-13: 9780567289483 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 176 str.

Lieven Boeve

Opis

Lieven Boeve contextualises Lyotard's writings and approach with reference to his theological thought. By focusing on issues such as the nature of the differend within language, the sublime experience and our (in)ability to witness to the breakdowns of language and representation, Lyotard's thought provokes theology to reconsider its own foundations.Taking up issues such as a highly relevant critique of capitalism, itself vital to today's understanding of Christian praxis in a global world, Lyotard offers us a perspective by which to re-evaluate Christianity beyond its being a hegemonic discourse as it moves toward being a discourse concerned with love. Through exploring the Christian narrative as an 'open' one, Boeve aims to make use of new possibilities for theology through a renewed comprehension of Lyotard's significance for today.

Recenzje

It is good to read a volume devoted to Lyotard, as, among the more well-known supposedly postmodern philosophers, he is probably the most neglected ... [E]arlier chapters provide a helpful introduction to his work. Modern Believing

Spis treści

PREFACE TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. PHILOSOPHY IN THE POSTMODERN CONDITION: ON THE INCREDULITY OF MODERN MASTER NARRATIVES AND BEARING WITNESS TO THE DIFFEREND 3. HOW TO DO JUSTICE TO THE EVENT: THE AESTHETICS OF THE SUBLIME 4. POSTMODERN CRITICAL THEORY IN ACTION: THE CASE OF CAPITALISM 5. THE MASTER NARRATIVE OF CHRISTIANITY: A HEGEMONIC DISCOURSE OF THE IDEA OF LOVE 6. CAN GOD ESCAPE THE CLUTCHES OF THE CHRISTIAN MASTER NARRATIVE? 7. THE LANGUAGE PRAGMATIC PLAUSIBILITY OF OPEN NARRATIVES: CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION WITH JEAN-FRANÇOIS LYOTARD 8. LYOTARD AND/OR THEOLOGY? ON THE PRECISE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY 9. THE INTERRUPTIVE EVENT OF THE SACRAMENTAL 10. THE INTERRUPTION OF LATE-MODERN POLITICAL THEOLOGY CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

O autorze

Lieven Boeve is Professor of Fundamental Theology at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium. As of August 1, 2014, he has been appointed the Director-General of the general office of Catholic Education in Flanders (Fundamental Theology). His research concerns theological epistemology, philosophical theology, truth in faith and theology, tradition development and hermeneutics. From 2005 till 2009 he served as president of the European Society for Catholic Theology. He is the author of Interrupting Tradition. An Essay on Christian Faith in a Postmodern Context (2003), God Interrupts History. Theology in a Time of Upheaval (2007), Lyotard and Theology (2014) and Theology at the Crossroads of University, Church and Society (2016). He has co-edited various volumes, of which the most recent are: Questioning the Human: Toward a Theological Anthropology for the Twenty-First Century (2014) and The Normativity of History. Theological Truth and Tradition in the Tension between Church History and Systematic Theology (2016). On September 17, 2015, the European Society for Catholic Theology awarded him the biennial prize for the best theological book of the past two years, for his monograph Lyotard and Theology.