Broken Hallelujah: Nikos Kazantzakis and Christian TheologyMarking the fiftieth anniversary of Kazantzakis's death, author Darren J. N. Middleton looks back on Kazantzakis's life and literary art to suggest that, contrary to popular belief, Kazantzakis and his views actually comport with the ideals of Christianity. |
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Page 37
... claims must be viewed as tentative and temporary when measured against the bench - mark of God's Otherness . Correspondingly , Kazantzakis relativizes all theological claims . And he urges an almost endless figuration of the divine.26 ...
... claims must be viewed as tentative and temporary when measured against the bench - mark of God's Otherness . Correspondingly , Kazantzakis relativizes all theological claims . And he urges an almost endless figuration of the divine.26 ...
Page 84
... claims that " thought about God must fulfill three defining character- istics : religious , rational , and theological . " 4 These criteria suggest that a “ the- istically satisfactory concept of the divine must conceive of the divine ...
... claims that " thought about God must fulfill three defining character- istics : religious , rational , and theological . " 4 These criteria suggest that a “ the- istically satisfactory concept of the divine must conceive of the divine ...
Page 114
... claims this first phase of existence lacking . We must ascend higher , since some forms of undecidability suggest an ... claimed to understand fully what he believed : This essence went by many names ; it kept changing masks all the ...
... claims this first phase of existence lacking . We must ascend higher , since some forms of undecidability suggest an ... claimed to understand fully what he believed : This essence went by many names ; it kept changing masks all the ...
Contents
Connections | 45 |
Kazantzakis and Process Theology | 83 |
Kazantzakis and Postmodern Theology | 101 |
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