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 language | Portuguese |
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Pages (from-to) | 285-293 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Didaskalia |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2013 |
Keywords
- Reconfiguration
- Disenchantment of the world
- Remainder
- Future of Christianity