O que resta de Deus

José Tolentino Mendonça

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Abstract

In the work of Marcel Gauchet an unusual category emerges that has not yet received the critical attention that it warrants: the notion of Remnant. While making explicit the dialectic between the decline of religion as a social function, and its persistence on a social level, the author speaks of “a perhaps inalienable remnant”. And what may be still more surprising is that what Gauchet says of contemporary society, has already been made explicit at key moments of the Biblical tradition itself: Religion has always been understood as the Remainder of Religion.
Original languagePortuguese
Pages (from-to)285-293
Number of pages9
JournalDidaskalia
Volume43
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2013

Keywords

  • Reconfiguration
  • Disenchantment of the world
  • Remainder
  • Future of Christianity

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