The Postmodern Self in Theological Perspective: A Communal, Narrative, and Ecclesial Approach

Drawing on the work of Stanley J. Grenz and Paul Ricoeur, this article proposes a communal, narrative, and ecclesial response to what Grenz calls ‘the dissipation of the self’ after modernity. Tracing briefly the rise of the self-sufficient self of modernity attention is then given to the deconstruc...

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Autore principale: Almon, Russell L. (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Brill 2017
In: Ecclesiology
Anno: 2017, Volume: 13, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 179-196
Notazioni IxTheo:NBC Dio
NBE Antropologia
NBN Ecclesiologia
VA Filosofia
Altre parole chiave:B Stanley J. Grenz Paul Ricoeur Trinity narrative hermeneutics church imago Dei postmodernism
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Riepilogo:Drawing on the work of Stanley J. Grenz and Paul Ricoeur, this article proposes a communal, narrative, and ecclesial response to what Grenz calls ‘the dissipation of the self’ after modernity. Tracing briefly the rise of the self-sufficient self of modernity attention is then given to the deconstructed self of postmodernity. The article then utilizes the imago Dei as a theological resource, in conversation with Grenz and Ricoeur, for the reconstruction of the postmodern self along communal, narrative, and ecclesial lines. The final conclusion is that the postmodern self receives theological relief in the form of the ‘ecclesial self’ constituted in trinitarian community ‘in Christ’ and through the Spirit within Christ’s new humanity.
ISSN:1745-5316
Comprende:In: Ecclesiology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/17455316-01302004