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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... matter . While the élan vital functions as the urge behind spiri- tual improvement ( ascent ) , matter serves as the impetus behind physical wasting ( descent ) . The purpose of life , according to Kazantzakis , is to seek and reseek ...
... matter . While the élan vital functions as the urge behind spiri- tual improvement ( ascent ) , matter serves as the impetus behind physical wasting ( descent ) . The purpose of life , according to Kazantzakis , is to seek and reseek ...
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... matter hunting each other like two nonexistent erotic phantasms - merging , begetting , disap- pearing - and I say : " This is what I want ! " I know now : I do not hope for anything . I do not fear anything , I have freed myself from ...
... matter hunting each other like two nonexistent erotic phantasms - merging , begetting , disap- pearing - and I say : " This is what I want ! " I know now : I do not hope for anything . I do not fear anything , I have freed myself from ...
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... matter and in our souls . " 15 Kazantzakis as Apophatic Theologian For much of The Saviors of God , Kazantzakis appears to picture God as an on- tologically independent , transhistorical Reality ; God encloses evolution and " rushes ...
... matter and in our souls . " 15 Kazantzakis as Apophatic Theologian For much of The Saviors of God , Kazantzakis appears to picture God as an on- tologically independent , transhistorical Reality ; God encloses evolution and " rushes ...
Contents
Connections | 45 |
Kazantzakis and Process Theology | 83 |
Kazantzakis and Postmodern Theology | 101 |
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