Christian Apologetics Week Book Review #6: The Monstrosity of Christ by Zizek and Millbank
Slavoj Zizek and John Millbank, ed. Creston Davis. The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic? Mit Press: 2009. 416 pgs. In The Monstrosity of Christ Millbank attempts to do what Hart does not, as per my last book review. He attempts to dialogue with a serious atheist of our age: Slavoj Zizek. The two of them are billed, by the editor, as having an intellectual encounter the equivalent of "ultimate fighting" as they seek to grapple with the very definition of Christianity. Zizek is a renowned philosopher, militant marxist, dialectic materialist, and atheist. Millbank is a neo-orthodox and leading anglo-catholic theologian. In part 1, Zizek presents his reading of Christianity, which seemed to be incredibly weak. He apparently has used very limited sources to draw some unique, but in my opinion erroneous, conclusions about Christianity, Jesus, and Paul. In Part 2, Millbank takes on this interpretation and counters with...