Altering Alterity: Nicholas of Cusa, Otherness, and Xenophobic Violence
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...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Sage Publ.
[2018]
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Theology today
Año: 2018, Volumen: 75, Número: 2, Páginas: 248-259 |
| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | CG Cristianismo y política KAF Baja Edad Media NBC Dios NBE Antropología |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Otherness
B Violence B Nicholas of Cusa B Alterity B Xenophobia |
| Acceso en línea: |
Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040573618783424 |