Todd McGowan & Peter Rollins: Hegel & Radical Christianity
Jul 28, 2023
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Todd McGowan and Peter Rollins discuss the radicalization of Hegel through Christianity, exploring topics such as contradiction, dialectics, political action, love, loss, lack, and liturgical practices. They also touch on the influence of Todd's book on the community, examining Christian values in political figures and the concept of the death and return of God.
The embrace of Christianity radicalizes Hegel and enables him to theorize its radicality.
Love involves a disruption of the self and the shared bond of structuring absence.
The death of God and embrace of contradiction can lead to new creation and vulnerability.
Deep dives
The Embrace of Christianity and Hegel's Philosophy
Todd McGowan's book on Hegel explores how the embrace of Christianity radicalizes Hegel as a thinker and enables him to theorize the radicality of Christianity.
Love as a Disruption of the Self
Love is seen as a disruption of the self, where one loses a part of themselves in the person they love.
The Absence of God and Shared Absence
The absence within the other and their internal absence is recognized, creating a shared bond of structuring absence.
The Holy Spirit and Absence
The Holy Spirit is seen as the presence of God in the absence, where two or three are gathered in shared absence.
Contradiction, Death, and New Creation
The death of God and the embrace of contradiction can lead to new creation and a life of vulnerability and love.