A01=Ward Blanton
adolf deissmann
albert schweitzer
Author_Ward Blanton
bible
biblical studies
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christianity
christians
critical theory
david friedrich strauss
debate
displacements
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exegesis
giorgio agamben
immanuel kant
industrial media
interdisciplinary
jacques derrida
jesus
martin heidegger
metaphysics
new testament
philosophy
religion
religious
secularism
slavoj zizek
st paul
theological
theology
Product details
- ISBN 9780226056906
- Weight: 312g
- Dimensions: 15 x 23mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2007
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Recent critical theory is curiously preoccupied with the metaphors and ideas of early Christianity, especially the religion of Paul. The haunting of secular thought by the very religion it seeks to overcome may seem surprising at first, but Ward Blanton argues that this recent return by theorists to the resources of early Christianity has precedent in modern and ostensibly secularizing philosophy, from Kant to Heidegger. "Displacing Christian Origins" traces the current critical engagement of Agamben, Derrida, and Zizek, among others, back to nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century philosophers of early Christianity. By comparing these crucial moments in the modern history of philosophy with exemplars of modern biblical scholarship - David Friedrich Strauss, Adolf Deissmann, and Albert Schweitzer - Blanton offers a new way for critical theory to construe the relationship between the modern past and the biblical traditions to which we seem to be drawn once again. An innovative contribution to the intellectual history of biblical exegesis, "Displacing Christian Origins" will promote informed and fruitful debate between religion and philosophy.
Ward Blanton is a lecturer in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Glasgow.
