On Tragedy and Transcendence: An Essay on the Metaphysics of Donald MacKinnon and Rowan Williams - Couverture rigide

Delport, Khegan M

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1532697775 ISBN 13 : 9781532697777

Editeur : Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2021

Synopsis

From the time of Plato's proposed expulsion of the poets, tragedy has repeatedly proposed a challenge to philosophical and theological certainties. This is apparent already in early Christianity amongst leading figures during the patristic age. But this raises the question: Why was the theme of tragedy still accepted and deployed throughout the history of Christianity nevertheless? Is this merely an accident or is there something more substantial at play? Can Christian theology take the tragic seriously? Must Christianity ultimately deny the tragic to be coherent, or might it be able to sustain its negativity? Some like George Steiner, David Bentley Hart, and John Milbank have doubts about such a coherency, but others think differently. This book aims to examine this debate, laying out the lines of disagreement and continuing tensions. Through a critical examination of the work of Donald MacKinnon and the eminent Christian thinker Rowan Williams, the book aims to show that there is a path for reconciling the claims of Christian orthodoxy and the experience of tragedy, one that is able to maintain a metaphysical foundation for both real transcendence and unfolding historicity, without denying either.

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Khegan M. Delport is a Research Fellow at the Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, University of Stellenbosch and Department of Historical and Constructive Theology, University of the Free State. He has published his work in Modern Theology, The Heythrop Journal, and The Journal of Anglican Studies, amongst others.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1532697775
• ISBN 13: 9781532697777
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 326
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