0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Christianity > Christian theology

Buy Now

The Psychotheology of Sin and Salvation - An Analysis of the Meaning of the Death of Christ in Light of the Psychoanalytical Reading of Paul (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,941
Discovery Miles 39 410
The Psychotheology of Sin and Salvation - An Analysis of the Meaning of the Death of Christ in Light of the Psychoanalytical...

The Psychotheology of Sin and Salvation - An Analysis of the Meaning of the Death of Christ in Light of the Psychoanalytical Reading of Paul (Hardcover)

Paul V. Axton

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R3,941 Discovery Miles 39 410 | Repayment Terms: R369 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

Through the employment of the work of Slavoj Zizek and his engagement with the Apostle Paul, Axton argues that Paul in Romans 6-8 understands sin as a lie grounding the subject outside of Christ, and salvation is an exposure and displacement of this lie. The theological significance of Zizek (along with Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan) is his demonstration of the pervasive and systemic nature of this lie and its description as he finds it in Romans 7. The specific overlap of the two disciplines of psychology and theology is found in the psychoanalytic understanding that the human Subject or the psyche is structured in three registers: the symbolic, the imaginary and the real. These three registers function like a lie analogous to the Pauline categories of law, ego, and the 'body of death' which constitute Paul's dynamic of sin's deception. Axton argues that if sin is understood as a lie grounding the Subject, the exposure of the lie or the dispelling of any notion of mystery connected to sin is integral to salvation and the reconstructing of the Subject in Christ. While the lie of sin is mediated by the law, new life in the Spirit is not through the law but is a principle unto itself, which though it accounts for the law, is beyond the law.

General

Imprint: T. & T. Clark
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 2015
Authors: Paul V. Axton
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 978-0-567-65940-8
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian theology > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian theology > General
Books > Christianity > Christian theology
LSN: 0-567-65940-2
Barcode: 9780567659408

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

Partners