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The monstrosity of Christ, paradox or dialectic?, Slavoj Zizek, John Milbank ; edited by Creston Davis

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The monstrosity of Christ, paradox or dialectic?, Slavoj Zizek, John Milbank ; edited by Creston Davis

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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index present

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non fiction

Main title

The monstrosity of Christ

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Slavoj Zizek, John Milbank ; edited by Creston Davis

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Short circuits

Sub title

paradox or dialectic?

Summary

In 'The Monstrosity of Christ', a militant Marxist atheist (Zizek) 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

Table Of Contents

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 Zizek -- The double glory, or, Paradox versus dialectics : on not quite agreeing with Slavoj Zizek / John Milbank -- Dialectical clarity versus the misty conceit of paradox / Slavoj Zizek

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