RT Article
T1 Altering Alterity: Nicholas of Cusa, Otherness, and Xenophobic Violence
JF Theology today
VO 75
IS 2
SP 248
OP 259
A1 Hatch, Derek C. 1981-
LA English
PB Sage Publ.
YR 2018
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1665319828
AB Recent years have seen a rise in nationalistic and even xenophobic rhetoric as well as actions animated by fears of the other and the foreigner. In light of these recent displays of xenophobia, this article theologically examines the category of otherness in conversation with the work of Nicholas of Cusa, specifically his De Li Non Aliud (On the Not-Other). This fifteenth-century German theologian offers insights not only for reading God's difference in relation to the world, but also for conceiving of how God's alterity transforms creaturely otherness from the impetus for violence and repression to the basis for genuine reconciliation and relationship.
K1 Nicholas of Cusa
K1 Alterity
K1 Otherness
K1 Violence
K1 Xenophobia
DO 10.1177/0040573618783424