Body Politics, Particularity and Perception: An Theological Hesitation after the Pandemic
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By demanding collective strategies and agreeing individuals, the pandemic has not only exposed multiple kinds of otherness around us and between us, but even within us. In this article, I propose to theologically reflect on this situation by means of a perceptive hesitation. I do this with reference to Wolfhart Pannenberg's theology, and Alia Al-Sagi's critical phenomenology, both of whom draw on Henri Bergsson's descriptions of human temporality, and share the consideration of human independence as being integral to perceiving alterity. In the end, I identify where Al-Sagi and Pannneberg differ, and I go with Al-Sagi, and consider hesitation as a term for the temporal dimension and difference of faith as related to hope and the necessary condition for a loving body politics.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Dialog |
Volume | 60 |
Issue number | 4 |
Pages (from-to) | 388-395 |
ISSN | 0012-2033 |
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Publication status | Published - 29 Dec 2021 |
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