Slavoj Zizek, Radical Theology, and the Materialist Defense of Christianity

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dc.contributor.advisorRuparell, Tinu
dc.contributor.authorFishley, Daniel
dc.contributor.committeememberRuparell, Tinu
dc.contributor.committeememberJoy, Morny
dc.contributor.committeememberMoran, Brendan
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-26T21:29:56Z
dc.date.available2016-08-26T21:29:56Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores the theological assertions of the philosopher Slavoj Žižek. Žižek, an atheist and a materialist, has produced a rather substantial body of work concerning Christianity in general and Christian theology specifically. My aim here is several. First, to provide an intellectual portrait of the dominant themes and ideas that emerge from Žižek’s earliest writings to his most recent. Second, to show how certain tensions which emerged in these earlier writings provided the impetus for his later interest to Christian theology. As well, I will argue that Žižek’s specific form of Christian theology echoes the themes and tensions announced by Radical theology, I shall show this via a study of the dominant themes that are prevalent in Thomas Altizer’s Death of God Theology. Finally, in my analysis of Žižek’s various theological claims I set out to describe the actual form of Christianity which surfaces from Žižek’s encounter with Christianity, by asking: what is the image of Christ that emerges from Žižek’s analysis? Why did Christ incarnate in flesh and have to die according to Žižek’s theology? And what does it mean to be a Christian, transformed by Christ, resulting from the interaction between Žižek and Christian theology?en_US
dc.identifier.citationFishley, D. (2016). Slavoj Zizek, Radical Theology, and the Materialist Defense of Christianity (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27800en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27800
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3226
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectPhilosophy
dc.subjectReligion
dc.subjectReligion--Philosophy of
dc.subjectTheology
dc.subject.classificationSlavoj Zizeken_US
dc.subject.classificationThomas Altizeren_US
dc.subject.classificationRadical Theologyen_US
dc.titleSlavoj Zizek, Radical Theology, and the Materialist Defense of Christianity
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineReligious Studies
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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