Kierkegaard and the staging of desire : rhetoric and performance in a theology of eros /

Theology in the modern era often assumes that the consummate form of theological discourse is objective prose - ignoring or condemning apophatic traditions and the spiritual eros that drives them. For too long, Kierkegaard has been read along these lines as a progenitor of twentieth-century neo-orth...

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Main Author: Hughes, Carl S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.
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Summary:Theology in the modern era often assumes that the consummate form of theological discourse is objective prose - ignoring or condemning apophatic traditions and the spiritual eros that drives them. For too long, Kierkegaard has been read along these lines as a progenitor of twentieth-century neo-orthodoxy and a stern critic of the erotic in all its forms. In contrast, Hughes argues that Kierkegaard envisions faith fundamentally as a form of infinite, insatiable eros.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (271 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780823257287
0823257282
9780823257263
0823257266
9780823261505
0823261506