Embodied religion’s radicalisation of immanence and the consequent question of transcendence
| dc.contributor.author | Verhoef, Anné | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-14T14:07:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-06-14T14:07:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Transcendence has lost its metaphysical moorings and the tendency in postmodernity is the sublimation of transcendence within a conceptual framework of immanence. In other words, transcendence, in a postmetaphysical world, is fully and absolutely actualised or embodied. The consequent question arises: Is there still a need for the concept of transcendence and how should this transcendence be understood in the religious context, in particular? This question is explored by first analysing transcendence within the science-religion discourse. Secondly, Sally McFague’s theology is discussed as an example of a theology of radical immanence, and lastly Gilles Deleuze’s concept of radical immanence is explored. I argue that an understanding of embodied religion in a radical immanent way raises some intrusive questions concerning both the concept of transcendence and religion. A reinterpretation of transcendence might, however, make it possible to understand embodied religion not only in radical immanent terms. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Verhoef, A. (2013). Embodied religion's radicalisation of immanence and the consequent question of transcendence. Acta Academica, 45(4), 173-194. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0587-2405 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2415-0479 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11660/2946 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | University of the Free State | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Free State | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Transcendence | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | McFague, Sally | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Immanence | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Embodied religion’s radicalisation of immanence and the consequent question of transcendence | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |