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Making and Mis‐Making: Poiesis in Exodus 25–40
Author(s) -
Leithart Peter J.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international journal of systematic theology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1468-2400
pISSN - 1463-1652
DOI - 10.1111/1463-1652.00042
Subject(s) - instrumentalism , philosophy , epistemology , literature , art
The article examines Milbank’s critique of the modern assumption that what is humanly constructed is secular, and his attempt to rehabilitate a theological concept of poiesis . After surveying Milbank’s critique of secular instrumentalism, an exegetical examination of the tabernacle texts in Exodus 25–40 offers general support for Milbank’s proposal. However, Milbank’s dependence upon Vico makes it difficult for him to identify an ‘extra‐artificial’ standard by which mis‐making can be identified and criticized.