Ernest Becker's Denial of Death explores how all belief is a denial of death. He uses an existent... more Ernest Becker's Denial of Death explores how all belief is a denial of death. He uses an existential psychoanalytical framework to delve into the human condition and the human psyche. This is a similar framework to the one that Peter Rollins uses, which draws heavily from the work of the likes of Lacan, Zizek, and existentialist like Kierkegaard. Using Becker's psychoanalytic anthropology and Rollins' radical theology, a critique and response to the problem of the death of theology can be formulated.
Ernest Becker's Denial of Death explores how all belief is a denial of death. He uses an existent... more Ernest Becker's Denial of Death explores how all belief is a denial of death. He uses an existential psychoanalytical framework to delve into the human condition and the human psyche. This is a similar framework to the one that Peter Rollins uses, which draws heavily from the work of the likes of Lacan, Zizek, and existentialist like Kierkegaard. Using Becker's psychoanalytic anthropology and Rollins' radical theology, a critique and response to the problem of the death of theology can be formulated.
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