NDLI: Graham Ward’s Poststructuralist Christian Nominalism

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Author	Wisse, Maarten
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	In his Cities of God, Graham Ward advocates for what he calls an ‘analogical worldview’. On the one hand, he suggests that this analogical worldview has its roots in pre-modern theology and philosophy, especially in Augustine and Aquinas. On the other hand, Graham Ward draws heavily on contemporary critical theory to express this view. The thesis defended in this paper is that by reading the concept of analogy from Augustine and Aquinas in terms of contemporary critical theory, especially that of Jacques Derrida, Ward develops an analogical worldview that has strikingly nominalist ramifications. These ramifications imply that, in the end, there is no longer an adequacy between the perceiving mind and the reality perceived. The argument is developed in three steps. In the first step, Ward’s reading of contemporary critical theory, especially with respect to Derrida, is introduced. In the second step, the theological appropriation of Derrida in the analogical worldview is analyzed. In the third step, the nominalist implications of this application are shown in terms of Ward’s critique of privileging heterosexual relationships. In this third section, I will also deal more extensively and precisely with the question of what I mean by labeling his work as ‘nominalism’ as well as outlining the specific form of nominalism that I am here invoking. In the penultimate section, I will attempt to show that Ward’s nominalism can also be found in the works of Milbank and Pickstock, as it has to do with the specific way in which they take up the Platonic tradition. In my concluding remarks, I will come back to the discussion about the ontological status of sexual relations, indicating my own view on this issue.
Starting Page	359
Ending Page	373
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00381527
Journal	Sophia
Volume Number	49
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	1873930X
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2010-09-04
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Poststructuralism Jacques Derrida Graham Ward Nominalism Unity Multiplicity Plotinus Radical Orthodoxy Humanities Non-Western Philosophy Philosophy Religious Studies Philosophy of Religion
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Philosophy Religious Studies

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