Christ in Postmodern Philosophy

In the wake of Heidegger's announcement of the end of onto-theology and inspired by both Levinas and Derrida, many contemporary continental philosophers of religion search for a post-metaphysical God, a God who is often characterized as tout autre, wholly other. Christ in Postmodern Philosophy investigates the Christological ideas of three contemporary thinkers, Gianni Vattimo, Rene Girard and Slavoj Zizek. In doing so, Frederiek Depoortere focuses on the relation between transcendence and the event of the Incarnation on the one hand, and the uniqueness of Christianity on the other.

Dr Frederiek Depoortere is a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) at the Faculty of Theology, K.U.Leuven (Belgium) and a member of the research group ’Theology in a Postmodern Context’.