The Writing of the Kingdom: Thirty-Seven Aphorisms Towards an Eschatology of the Text

Starting from the question of the identities—in a given text—of author and reader, subsumed under the broader (Hegelian and post‐Hegelian) question of “self” and “other” in exteriority, this essay attempts a theological response in three critical moments: the first follows the transcendental traditi...

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Published in:Modern theology 2000-04, Vol.16 (2), p.181-202
Main Author: Hart, D. Bentley
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Starting from the question of the identities—in a given text—of author and reader, subsumed under the broader (Hegelian and post‐Hegelian) question of “self” and “other” in exteriority, this essay attempts a theological response in three critical moments: the first follows the transcendental tradition of Western thought from the (Cartesian) turn towards transcendental subjectivity to the collapse of the dialectics of subjectivity in “postmodern” thought; the second moves the problem of exteriority from the realm of recognition that of promise and expectation (eschatology); and the third formulates a Trinitarian ontology of distance that accommodates this eschatology.
ISSN:0266-7177
1468-0025
DOI:10.1111/1468-0025.00121