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Chapter 4 - Beyond Indeterminacy and Dogma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2020

David Newheiser
David Newheiser
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Australian Catholic University, Melbourne
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This chapter argues that my account of hope offers an alternative to indeterminacy and dogma. Commentators such as John Caputo and Jean-Luc Marion claim that deconstruction and negative theology are incompatible; as they observe, Dionysius affirms Christian commitment while Derrida does not. In my reading, however, deconstruction and negative theology affirm a hope that is identical in kind, though not in content. Although Derrida and Dionysius express different hopes, they both construe hope as a discipline that incorporates self-critique. Through hope, it is possible to affirm particular beliefs and practices while acknowledging that every commitment is radically uncertain.

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DerridadeconstructionPseudo-Dionysiusnegative theologyhopeCaputoMarionspiritualityethicscritique
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Hope in a Secular Age
Deconstruction, Negative Theology, and the Future of Faith
 , pp. 85 - 107
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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