Rupert Shortt

What does Christian atheism mean?

Slavoj Žižek claims to value Christianity’s ‘dissident’ credentials, but his atheist vision of reality rests on assumptions repeatedly challenged by Jesus

Slavoj Žižek at the Frankfurt Book fair last year. [Christian Lademann/Lademann Media/Alamy Live News]

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