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American University Studies, Series 7: Theology & Religion

Positive Negatives

A Motif in Christian Tradition

Crerar Douglas

Positive Negatives

American University Studies, Series 7: Theology & Religion

Positive Negatives

A Motif in Christian Tradition

American University Studies, Series 7: Theology & Religion: Positive Negatives

 

Building on the ethical monism of Augustus Hopkins Strong, Positive Negatives develops a new theory of Christianity as a dualistic non-dualism. In depicting the conflict between good and evil as a dualism (in which contraries are antithetical), Christianity draws on the ancient symbols of literary comedy, while, in depicting all other polarities as dualities (in which contraries are complementary), Christianity draws on tragic symbols.


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Beschrijving American University Studies, Series 7: Theology & Religion: Positive Negatives

Building on the ethical monism of Augustus Hopkins Strong, Positive Negatives develops a new theory of Christianity as a dualistic non-dualism. In depicting the conflict between good and evil as a dualism (in which contraries are antithetical), Christianity draws on the ancient symbols of literary comedy, while, in depicting all other polarities as dualities (in which contraries are complementary), Christianity draws on tragic symbols. As an effort to liberate duality from dualism, Christianity incorporates tragic, non-dual motifs (with similarities to Far Eastern traditions) in its dualistic, Near Eastern narrative of God's comedic triumph over evil. Arguing that its theory gives new insights into the relation between Renaissance poetry and Reformation theology, the book includes a case study of Richard Hooker and Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, along with discussions, in a comparative-religions context, of Augustine, al-Ghazali, Luther, Karlstadt, Calvin, A.H. Strong, H. Richard Niebuhr, Paul Tillich, Keiji Nishitani, Gadjin Nagao, Northrop Frye, and Thomas F. Torrance.


ISBN
9780820415369
Pagina's
213
Verschenen
Serie
American University Studies, Series 7: Theology & Religion
NUR
320
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Peter Lang Publishing Inc

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