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This book draws the work of Slavoj Žižek into conversation with the Christian mystical theological tradition in order to propose a materialist account of Christian identity as constituted by failure.

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Introduction: Failing | 1
1 Ontology and Desire in Dionysius the Areopagite | 15
2 Apophatic Theology and Its Vicissitudes | 29
3 The Death Drive: From Freud to Žižek | 56
4 The Gift and Violence | 86
5 Divine Violence as Trauma | 119
6 Mystical Theology and the Four Discourses | 150
Conclusion: Theology as Failure | 175
Acknowledgments | 183
Notes | 185
Bibliography | 235
Index | 251

A Theology of Failure Zizek against Christian

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      Publisher Fordham University Press
      Published 7 May 2019
      ISBN-13 9780823284061
      978-0823284061
      ISBN-10 0823284069
      Also in:
      Literary theory Structuralism and Post-structuralism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book draws the work of Slavoj Žižek into conversation with the Christian mystical theological tradition in order to propose a materialist account of Christian identity as constituted by failure.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: Failing | 1
      1 Ontology and Desire in Dionysius the Areopagite | 15
      2 Apophatic Theology and Its Vicissitudes | 29
      3 The Death Drive: From Freud to Žižek | 56
      4 The Gift and Violence | 86
      5 Divine Violence as Trauma | 119
      6 Mystical Theology and the Four Discourses | 150
      Conclusion: Theology as Failure | 175
      Acknowledgments | 183
      Notes | 185
      Bibliography | 235
      Index | 251

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