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Jayne Svenungsson

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Transcending Tradition : Towards a Critical Theology of the Spirit

Author

  • Jayne Svenungsson

Summary, in English

In recent years, the renewed presence of religion in the European societies has inspired a number of intellectuals on a popular as well as academic level to critically engage with religion. The aim of this article is to give a contribution to this debate. In contrast to the rather reductive and objectifying accounts of religion offered in much of the contemporary critique, I argue that a relevant and constructive critique of religion is most effectively achieved when under- taken from within the religious tradition itself. As an example of an internal critical resource in the Christian tradition, I seek to explore the idea of a continuous revelation through the Holy Spirit, pointing to the self-exceeding nature of every living tradition and thus to our need and duty continuously to engage in a constructive critical reinterpretation of the tradition.

Publishing year

2008

Language

English

Pages

63-79

Publication/Series

Studia Theologica

Volume

62

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Religious Studies
  • Philosophy

Keywords

  • Vattimo
  • Zizek
  • new atheism
  • Spirit
  • tradition
  • critique of religion

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1502-7791