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 46
... truths of reason . " Religious truth does not have the same character as historical truth , in other words , be- cause the former , if it is legitimate , must be so universally and everlastingly . By contrast , historical truth is ...
... truths of reason . " Religious truth does not have the same character as historical truth , in other words , be- cause the former , if it is legitimate , must be so universally and everlastingly . By contrast , historical truth is ...
Page 109
... truth , we must practice " weak thought . " This involves recovering " the hearing of Being , " to borrow Vattimo's ... truth is not the hard and fast truth we once supposed it to be . “ Everything is right in this variegated ...
... truth , we must practice " weak thought . " This involves recovering " the hearing of Being , " to borrow Vattimo's ... truth is not the hard and fast truth we once supposed it to be . “ Everything is right in this variegated ...
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... truth . Rather , postmoderns think we arrive at some sense of such truth through dialogical consensus . We work best in small communities , they say , and by listening to each other , moving toward shared values.31 For our pur- poses ...
... truth . Rather , postmoderns think we arrive at some sense of such truth through dialogical consensus . We work best in small communities , they say , and by listening to each other , moving toward shared values.31 For our pur- poses ...
Contents
Connections | 45 |
Kazantzakis and Process Theology | 83 |
Kazantzakis and Postmodern Theology | 101 |
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