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Apocalyptic Subversion of Christian Tradition: Figuration and Historiographic Axiom

Cyril O’Regan

Abstract

Cyril O'Regan examines how apocalyptic figurations of original Christianity exert critical pressure on later theological traditions. O’Regan analyzes three radicalizations: the early Heidegger’s "event" philosophy , Mennonite theologians (Kerr and Harink) adopting Walter Benjamin’s messianic interruption , and David Bentley Hart’s historicist critique of tradition. He argues that while apocalyptic origins challenge doctrinal validity, the exclusion of tradition is only fully sealed when supplemented by philosophical metahistorical axioms of radical discontinuity.

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