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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... understanding of theosis , which forms an important part of his so - called nostalgia for God ; and in this brief , apologetic text , Kazantzakis links Christ to the deification process , connecting Jesus ' ascent to Golgotha to our own ...
... understanding of theosis , which forms an important part of his so - called nostalgia for God ; and in this brief , apologetic text , Kazantzakis links Christ to the deification process , connecting Jesus ' ascent to Golgotha to our own ...
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... Understanding Introduction It is time now , fifty years after his death , to reassess Nikos Kazantzakis's con- troversial religious views in light of the history of Christian thought . Initially , a study of the doctrinal consensus that ...
... Understanding Introduction It is time now , fifty years after his death , to reassess Nikos Kazantzakis's con- troversial religious views in light of the history of Christian thought . Initially , a study of the doctrinal consensus that ...
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... understanding of " weak thought " to Vattimo's attack on foundationalism , three seem promi- nent . First , Kazantzakis acknowledges reason's weakness.27 Following Bergson , he rejects any purely rational understanding of the world ...
... understanding of " weak thought " to Vattimo's attack on foundationalism , three seem promi- nent . First , Kazantzakis acknowledges reason's weakness.27 Following Bergson , he rejects any purely rational understanding of the world ...
Contents
Connections | 45 |
Kazantzakis and Process Theology | 83 |
Kazantzakis and Postmodern Theology | 101 |
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