Philosophers of religion and theologians have long debated one of the most fundamental features of religious life, namely, how humans are able to talk about God. More than others, Paul Ricoeur has offered a viable philosophical account for bearing witness to the Divine beyond the strictures of logical positivism. Nevertheless, ‘bearing witness’ (martureó) remains problematic for living religion because it is always already oriented toward a kind of death (martyr). While acknowledging the approbation Ricoeur deserves for enabling religious expression, this essay challenges Ricoeur’s Kantian and Naberian presuppositions in light of feminist philosophies (of religion). Scholars like Luce Irigaray and Grace Jantzen help us think beyond the a priori limits that structure God-talk as a burden to bear, opening thereby a discursive frame beyond the phallogocentric and necrophilic.
{"title":"Bearing Witness to God: Ricoeur and the Practice of Religious Testimony","authors":"Jacob D. Myers","doi":"10.1093/litthe/fraa018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/litthe/fraa018","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Philosophers of religion and theologians have long debated one of the most fundamental features of religious life, namely, how humans are able to talk about God. More than others, Paul Ricoeur has offered a viable philosophical account for bearing witness to the Divine beyond the strictures of logical positivism. Nevertheless, ‘bearing witness’ (martureó) remains problematic for living religion because it is always already oriented toward a kind of death (martyr). While acknowledging the approbation Ricoeur deserves for enabling religious expression, this essay challenges Ricoeur’s Kantian and Naberian presuppositions in light of feminist philosophies (of religion). Scholars like Luce Irigaray and Grace Jantzen help us think beyond the a priori limits that structure God-talk as a burden to bear, opening thereby a discursive frame beyond the phallogocentric and necrophilic.","PeriodicalId":43172,"journal":{"name":"Literature and Theology","volume":"136 1","pages":"391-407"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77459978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Religion, Secularism, and the Spiritual Paths of Virginia Woolf. Edited by Kristina K. Groover","authors":"M. Czimbalmos","doi":"10.1093/litthe/fraa031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/litthe/fraa031","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43172,"journal":{"name":"Literature and Theology","volume":"27 1","pages":"513-516"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89462999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In Geoffrey Hill's posthumously published Book of Baruch by the Gnostic Justin, ecclesiastical architecture is explored in close conjunction with historical violence, as its very form is construed as influenced by it. This article argues that Hill's engagement with architecture is informed, at its core, by a theological act of witness to the violence of history, but also as an act of seeking atonement for collective and historical sin.
在杰弗里·希尔(Geoffrey Hill)死后出版的诺斯替派贾斯汀(Justin)的《巴鲁克书》(Book of Baruch)中，教会建筑与历史暴力密切相关，因为其形式被解释为受其影响。本文认为，希尔与建筑的接触，其核心是一种见证历史暴力的神学行为，也是一种为集体和历史罪恶寻求赎罪的行为。
{"title":"The Theology of Ecclesiastical Architecture in Geoffrey Hill’s Book of Baruch by the Gnostic Justin","authors":"Madeleine Potter","doi":"10.1093/litthe/fraa013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/litthe/fraa013","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In Geoffrey Hill's posthumously published Book of Baruch by the Gnostic Justin, ecclesiastical architecture is explored in close conjunction with historical violence, as its very form is construed as influenced by it. This article argues that Hill's engagement with architecture is informed, at its core, by a theological act of witness to the violence of history, but also as an act of seeking atonement for collective and historical sin.","PeriodicalId":43172,"journal":{"name":"Literature and Theology","volume":"43 1","pages":"450-464"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86533815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In 1889 the sinologist Herbert A. Giles published his English translation Chuang Tzŭ: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer. The following year, Oscar Wilde wrote his long book review ‘A Chinese Sage’. This article analyses Wilde’s review and explores how Giles’ translation influences Wilde’s understanding of Zhuangzi. The article also considers the influence of Aubrey Moore, who provided some of the notes for Giles’ translations, on Wilde’s reception of Zhuangzi. Because Wilde is neither a sinologist nor a researcher of Taoism, his interpretation of Zhuangzi in ‘A Chinese Sage’ is mediated by Giles and Moore, and might be seen as a ‘misunderstanding of a misunderstanding’. Yet the influence of Zhuangzi can still be seen in Wilde’s review, and the episode raises interesting questions about the reception of Taoism in late 19th-century Britain.
{"title":"Oscar Wilde’s Reading of Zhuangzi in ‘A Chinese Sage’","authors":"Jing Jiang, Chengjian Li","doi":"10.1093/litthe/fraa024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/litthe/fraa024","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In 1889 the sinologist Herbert A. Giles published his English translation Chuang Tzŭ: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer. The following year, Oscar Wilde wrote his long book review ‘A Chinese Sage’. This article analyses Wilde’s review and explores how Giles’ translation influences Wilde’s understanding of Zhuangzi. The article also considers the influence of Aubrey Moore, who provided some of the notes for Giles’ translations, on Wilde’s reception of Zhuangzi. Because Wilde is neither a sinologist nor a researcher of Taoism, his interpretation of Zhuangzi in ‘A Chinese Sage’ is mediated by Giles and Moore, and might be seen as a ‘misunderstanding of a misunderstanding’. Yet the influence of Zhuangzi can still be seen in Wilde’s review, and the episode raises interesting questions about the reception of Taoism in late 19th-century Britain.","PeriodicalId":43172,"journal":{"name":"Literature and Theology","volume":"76 1","pages":"477-485"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73824749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
As a distinguished jurist and prolific scholar in the Republic of China, one of John C.H. Wu’s highest achievements was his Chinese translation of the Psalms and the New Testament. This article focuses on his use of the Chinese word Tao, presenting four examples from Wu’s Shengyong Yiyi Chugao and Xinjing Quanji to show how it was used to interpret different Christian concepts. The article concludes by exploring the reasons for Wu’s translation strategy and considers his proposition that Christianity is neither Eastern nor Western but goes beyond both.
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{"title":"Taoism and Western Literature Introduction to Special Forum","authors":"Hong Zeng, Chengjian Li","doi":"10.1093/litthe/fraa026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/litthe/fraa026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43172,"journal":{"name":"Literature and Theology","volume":"74 1","pages":"465-466"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88573117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Becoming Human: Matter and Meaning in an Antiblack World. By Zakiyyah Iman Jackson","authors":"Susannah Cornwall","doi":"10.1093/litthe/fraa029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/litthe/fraa029","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43172,"journal":{"name":"Literature and Theology","volume":"256 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73113463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article considers the problem of white feminism and how it is narrated. Part One argues that common strategies for solving this problem focus on reforming white feminist subjectivity; although these strategies have not achieved their desired effects, they remain popular because they narratively satisfy demands of feminist storytelling. They thus become traps. Part Two turns to literary studies for a methodological reorientation for Christian theology: away from ethics as a redemptive project pursued at the site of white feminist subjectivity, and toward a critical project that understands white womanhood as a textual figure in need of ongoing interpretation.
{"title":"Feminist Storytelling and the Problem of White Feminism","authors":"Amanda DiMiele","doi":"10.1093/litthe/fraa030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/litthe/fraa030","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This article considers the problem of white feminism and how it is narrated. Part One argues that common strategies for solving this problem focus on reforming white feminist subjectivity; although these strategies have not achieved their desired effects, they remain popular because they narratively satisfy demands of feminist storytelling. They thus become traps. Part Two turns to literary studies for a methodological reorientation for Christian theology: away from ethics as a redemptive project pursued at the site of white feminist subjectivity, and toward a critical project that understands white womanhood as a textual figure in need of ongoing interpretation.","PeriodicalId":43172,"journal":{"name":"Literature and Theology","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81473984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Haunted by Christ: Modern Writers and the Struggle for Faith. By Richard Harries","authors":"Jonathan W Chappell","doi":"10.1093/litthe/fraa017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/litthe/fraa017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43172,"journal":{"name":"Literature and Theology","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79211725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"C.S. Lewis and the Christian Worldview. By Michael L. Peterson","authors":"Brenton D. G. Dickieson","doi":"10.1093/litthe/fraa015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/litthe/fraa015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43172,"journal":{"name":"Literature and Theology","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74628916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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