Opus Dei: An Archaeology of Duty

by Giorgio Agamben

Book Overview

In this follow-up to The Kingdom and the Glory and The Highest Poverty, Agamben investigates the roots of our moral concept of duty in the theory and practice of Christian liturgy. Beginning with the New Testament and working through to late scholasticism and modern papal encyclicals, Agamben traces the Church's attempts to repeat Christ's unrepeatable sacrifice. Crucial here is the paradoxical figure of the priest, who becomes more...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804784043
• ISBN13: 9780804784047
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"