Reading groups in key theological figures: Slavoj Žižek
Sunday, June 21st, 2009
I am keen to lead some reading groups dedicated to introducing and exploring the work of key theorists who are contributing important insights into Christianity. These courses would involve reading both secondary and primary material. I would introduce the evening and guide the discussion to ensure that we get the most out of what we are reading. Each course would come with the tag ‘beginner’, ‘intermediary’ and ‘advanced’.
While the advanced classes will be very difficult for people not familiar with theology this does not mean they would be of no use. Often we learn most by placing ourselves in an educational context that is currently beyond us. When I started studying theology and philosophy I was twenty-two and had no proper educational background. But I attended all the philosophy conferences and theology symposiums I could. For a couple of years I understood virtually none of what I heard. But eventually, like one of those Magic Eye pictures, it all began to become clear.
To kick things off I am wanting to run an advance reading group in Belfast over the summer exploring the work of dialectic materialist theologian Slavoj Žižek. Žižek blends a provocative mix of Lacan, Hegel and Marx in his theological project and comes to some fascinating insights. This will be a five week course in which we shall read two secondary sources and two primary sources.
If you would be interested in attending this reading group please email me here.
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