The monstrosity of Christ : paradox or dialectic? / Slavoj Žižek, John Milbank ; edited by Creston Davis.
Material type: TextSeries: Short circuitsPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2009.Description: 311 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0262012715 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780262012713 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In 'The Monstrosity of Christ', a militant Marxist atheist (eZiezek) and a 'radical orthodox' Christian theologian (Milbank) square off on everything from the meaning of theology and Christ to the war machine of corporate mafia."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Holy Saturday or Resurrection Sunday? : staging an unlikely debate / Creston Davis -- The fear of four words : a modest plea for the Hegelian reading of Christianity / Slavoj Žižek -- The double glory, or, Paradox versus dialectics : on not quite agreeing with Slavoj Žižek / John Milbank -- Dialectical clarity versus the misty conceit of paradox / Slavoj Žižek.
In 'The Monstrosity of Christ', a militant Marxist atheist (Žižek) and a 'radical orthodox' Christian theologian (Milbank) square off on everything from the meaning of theology and Christ to the war machine of corporate mafia.