Free Christian Speech
Plundering Foucault
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12662911 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Craig Hovey (0009-0009-5807-492X, Department of ReligionUniversity of Redlands, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Redlands CA 92373-0999, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 63-81 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1462-317X • E-ISSN: 1743-1719 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1558/poth.2007.8.1.63 |
| OpenAlex | W2005986675 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
This article explores the meaning of free speech through an analysis of Michael Foucault's lectures on parrhesia in order to show how questions of freedom are bound up with questions of truth. The activity of speaking freely is a function of truth-telling rather than merely subject to regulative principles that underwrite claims of sovereignty. The Christian proclamation of the gospel extends Foucault's insights into a theological register and supplies a foil for considering some of the shortcomings of his constructive proposal. By surveying parrhesia in the New Testament, together with some attendant political implications, this article attempts to explain the political transformation enacted by those who bear witness to the gospel without sovereign benefits. The freedom of such speech, it is asserted, is irrespective of these benefits
Constructive · Epistemology · Gospel · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · New Testament · Political science · Politics · Proclamation · Sociology · Sovereignty · Subject (documents · Theology · Witness · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Computer Science · Development, Ethics, and Society · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |