About gifts
Derrida, scripture, earth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11639840 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Manolopoulos (Institute of Religious Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 38.1-38.12 |
| Publication date | 2005-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Bible and Critical Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1832-3391 • E-ISSN: 1832-3391 |
| Publisher | University of Newcastle (PUBLISHER • AU) |
| DOI | 10.2104/bc050038 |
| OpenAlex | W2062557707 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
In recent times, the question of the gift has become a hot topic across a range of disciplines. Jacques Derrida was a key instigator: he disclosed the gift’s paradoxical or aporetic nature: it is both gratuitous and circular, excessive and reciprocal. An exemplary and decisive textual site of this duality is the Bible, where gift/ing is expressed according to extreme figures like grace and bribery – and much in between. But an examination of the gift should also move beyond the world of the text to the world itself. And so, we ask: ‘What if creation is a gift? How should we respond to the Earth?’
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |