The Nature of Redemption
Post-Humanity, Post-Romanticism and the Messianic
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/ecot.9.3.276.59074Keywords:
Wim Wenders, Romantic, Wittgenstein, metaphysicsAbstract
This article enacts a critical engagement with Romantic tendencies in theological analyses of nature before moving on to assess the transformation of conceptions of life in the light of its codification and digitalisation. The piece concludes with a theological-political rejoinder predicated on the nature of messianic expectation.
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