Critiques of Master-Representations: The Political Dimension of the Canon between the Bible and the Qur'an

Kurt Appel; Daniel Minch; Patrick Elridge

doi:10.14220/jrat.2018.4.2.14

Critiques of Master-Representations: The Political Dimension of the Canon between the Bible and the Qur'an

Kurt Appel
, Daniel Minch (Contributor)
, Patrick Elridge (Translator)

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Abstract

Political theology aims at criticizing structures of power and power‘s claim to self-representation. On the basis of an examination of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, this paper supports the idea that religion can be considered as a rupture in the projection of the subject's claim to power. Such a rupture becomes especially apparent in the biblical canon and its core, the name of God, YHWH, and its New Testament equivalent, the Cross. In the final section, the paper presents the idea that the Qur’an can function as a corrective of strong Christian modes of self-representation and therefore, it has to also be considered as a revelation for Christians.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Crisis of Representation
Editors	Kurt Appel, Carl Raschke
Place of Publication	Göttingen
Publisher	V&R unipress, Vienna University Press
Pages	14-39
Number of pages	26
ISBN (Print)	978-3-8471-0733-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14220/jrat.2018.4.2.14
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	The Crisis of Representation II : Neoliberalism, Ethnonationalism, Religious Conservativism and the crisis of representation in Politics, Religion and Culture - Schenkenstraße 8-10, RAT Büro, Wien, Austria Duration: 12 Mar 2018 → …

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Series	Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society
Number	2
Volume	4

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Conference	The Crisis of Representation II
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Wien
Period	12/03/18 → …

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

603222 Systematic theology

Keywords

Political Theology
YHWH
Canon
Divine Name
Qur'an
Vulnerability
Phenomenology of Spirit
Question of God
Hegel
Interreligious Dialogue

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The Crisis of Representation
Appel, K. (Editor) & Raschke, C. (Editor), Dec 2018, Göttingen: V&R unipress. 343 p. (Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society; No. 2, Vol. 4).
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Appel, Kurt ; Minch, Daniel ; Elridge, Patrick. / Critiques of Master-Representations : The Political Dimension of the Canon between the Bible and the Qur'an . The Crisis of Representation. editor / Kurt Appel ; Carl Raschke. Göttingen : V&R unipress, Vienna University Press, 2018. pp. 14-39 (Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society; No. 2, Vol. 4).

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Appel, K, Minch, D & Elridge, P (Translator) 2018, Critiques of Master-Representations: The Political Dimension of the Canon between the Bible and the Qur'an . in K Appel & C Raschke (eds), The Crisis of Representation. V&R unipress, Vienna University Press, Göttingen, Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society, no. 2, vol. 4, pp. 14-39, The Crisis of Representation II , Wien, Austria, 12/03/18. https://doi.org/10.14220/jrat.2018.4.2.14

Critiques of Master-Representations: The Political Dimension of the Canon between the Bible and the Qur'an . / Appel, Kurt; Minch, Daniel (Contributor); Elridge, Patrick (Translator).
The Crisis of Representation. ed. / Kurt Appel; Carl Raschke. Göttingen: V&R unipress, Vienna University Press, 2018. p. 14-39 (Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society; No. 2, Vol. 4).

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Critiques of Master-Representations: The Political Dimension of the Canon between the Bible and the Qur'an

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