tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573548.post859813326401576039..comments2023-10-10T04:32:32.965-07:00Comments on FCB4: Theo-ology or Theo-poetics?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10577334211297012754noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573548.post-5784748779061538772010-03-11T08:16:19.471-08:002010-03-11T08:16:19.471-08:00There are four theopoetic oscillations or themes:
...There are four theopoetic oscillations or themes:<br /><br /> 1. Theopoetics is not theology-as-usual nor is it "not theology." It rhythmically destabilizes the certainties of traditional theological inquiry<br /><br /> 2. God-talk is mindful of its own edge, e.g., the unspeakable vs. the word, or between silence and language itself. Process theopoetics is the steady work of auto-deconstruction: the critique of abstractions in order to keep discourse vibrant and relevant.<br /><br /> 3. This discourse occurs in a space between theopoetics and theopolitics. Poiesis is the making of something that previously did not exist, a creative practice. It is an action, a poem.<br /><br /> 4. Theopoetics is not just involved with theology-as-method, but also with the Logos of scripture. There is a multiplicity of oscillations waiting to be unleashed. Theopoetics is in one sense polyphilia: the love of and for multiplicity <br /><br /> adapted from:<br /> --Catherine Keller<br /> Process Conversations: 3/3/06Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10577334211297012754noreply@blogger.com