A critical assessment of John Milbank’s christology
| dc.contributor.author | Vorster, N. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-29T12:07:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-29T12:07:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.description.abstract | John Milbank is well known for attempting to develop a participatory theology. This article specifically assesses his Christology. The first section provides a synthetic explication of his Christology by focussing on his notions of participation, paradox, poesis, incarnation, the cross, and ecclesiology. The second section provides a critical assessment. The central argument is that Milbank’s Christology is inadequate in a participatory sense, because it lacks particularity and personal relationality. This inadequacy is probably due to the way in which he fuses Neo- Platonism and postmodern lingualism in order to construct his ontology. In order to maintain his non-violent and poetic ontological position, Milbank needs to revert to a general, “high” and impersonal Christology, and disregard “low” Christology. However, if one’s ontological construction leads to a detached Christology, which does not adequately affirm the central notion of one’s theology, serious doubts arise concerning the legitimacy of one’s method. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Vorster, N. (2012). A critical assessment of John Milbank’s christology. Acta Theologica, 32(2), 277-298. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1015-8758 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2309-9089 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11660/9450 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Christology | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | John Milbank | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Participation | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Paradox | en_ZA |
| dc.title | A critical assessment of John Milbank’s christology | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |