Theology and the spaces of apocalyptic
By: Cyril O'Regan.
Series: The Père Marquette lecture in theology -- 2009
Publisher: Marquette University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Milwaukee, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9780874625899
Subjects: Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism
Description: "O'Regan pointed to the "exile" of apocalyptic in the modern period, and its "contemporary return" in a host of theologians, including, but not limited to: Hans Urs von Balthasar, Jurgen Moltmann, Johann Baptist Metz, Sergei Bulgakov, Karl Barth, Stanley Hauerwas, Jacques Derrida, (to a limited extent) the Pope Benedict XVI, David Bentley Hart, Catherine Keller, John D. Caputo, and Gianni Vattimo. Apocalyptic is not so exotic before, especially since we find such diverse thinkers sharing the same theological "spaces" (e.g. Balthasar, the "Pope's theologian," and Derrida, share the same space - this is surprising) O'Regan finds it helpful to map out three spaces in order to distinguish these different thinkers. He has three of them: 1) Pleromatic: maximum level of content; 2) Metaxic: in-between level of content; and 3) Kenomatic: empty of content."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.