Being Reconciled: Ontology and Pardon

by John Milbank

Book Overview

Being Reconciled is a radical and entirely fresh theological treatment of the classic theory of the Gift in the context of divine reconciliation. It reconsiders notions of freedom and exchange in relation to a Christian doctrine which understands Creation, grace and incarnation as heavenly gifts, but the Fall, evil and violence as refusal of those gifts. In a sustained and rigorous response to the works of Derrida, Levinas, Marion, Zizek, Hauerwas...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415305241
• ISBN13: 9780415305242
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"