CHRISTIANITY BEYOND THE “POLITICAL”: THE TEMPTATION OF ONTO-THEOLOGY
CHRISTIANITY BEYOND THE “POLITICAL”: THE TEMPTATION OF ONTO-THEOLOGY

Summary/Abstract: Even though the western society has experienced a profound process of secularization the legacy of Christian culture has still affected and preoccupied European philosophers. Thinkers such as Heidegger or Agamben have analyzed the elements of the Christian culture that are still parts of the European mindset. In this article, I will try to show how segment of the philosophical thinking of Martin Heidegger propose a deconstruction of philosophical grand narratives that encapsulate and diminish the values and possibilities of actual Christian experience. I will try to take a closer look at the concept of onto-theology and the critique related to it elaborated by Martin Heidegger that repositions us under the sign of Salvation liberated from the determinism of the “Political”.

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