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Christoph Jedan

University of Groningen
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  • University of Groningen
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Universität Bonn
Institut für Philosophie
PhD, 1999
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Philosophy of Religion
Normative Ethics
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
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Philosophy of Religion
Normative Ethics
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
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    Modalities by perspective: Aristotle, the stoics and a modern reconstruction
    Academia. 2002.
    AristotleStoics: Logic
  •  4
    Die Dummen und der Weise : Zur dichotomischen Anthropologie der Stoiker
    In Ludger Jansen & Christoph Jedan (eds.), Philosophische Anthropologie in der Antike, De Gruyter. pp. 185-204. 2010.
    Stoics, Misc
  • Towards the Postsecular : Rawls and the Limits of Secular Public Reason
    In Constellations of Value : European Perspectives on the Intersections of Religion, Politics and Society, Lit. pp. 109-120. 2013.
    The article argues that frequently-voiced critiques of Rawls’s political liberalism have been misguided, because the ignore the extent to which Rawls takes his inspiration from a particular historical experience, namely that of the USA. The article suggests that a better model to accommodate the European historical experience would be a ‘symbolic’ presence of religion in public political argument: In a situation of world-view pluralism, politicians are well advised to show how the values and coe…Read more
    The article argues that frequently-voiced critiques of Rawls’s political liberalism have been misguided, because the ignore the extent to which Rawls takes his inspiration from a particular historical experience, namely that of the USA. The article suggests that a better model to accommodate the European historical experience would be a ‘symbolic’ presence of religion in public political argument: In a situation of world-view pluralism, politicians are well advised to show how the values and coercive laws they promote can be derived from within one or a number of) particular religious traditions. Such attempts will be particularly valuable where they are symbolic, in the sense that they are undertaken by politicians who do not themselves belong to the religious tradition(s) in question.
    Political TheoryHistory of Political PhilosophyPolitical LiberalismJohn Rawls
  • Religiöse Ethik und säkulare politische Vernunft
    Nederlands Theologisch Tijdschrift 64 (2): 135-149. 2010.
    Political Theory
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    Göttliches und menschliches Handeln in der frühen Stoa
    In Jörn Müller, Roberto Hofmeister Pich, Christoph Jedan, Therese Fuhrer, Benedikt Strobel, Erik Eliasson, Reinholdo Aloysio Ullmann, Fernando Rey Puente, Michele Abbate, Matthias Perkams, Joachim Söder, Theo Kobusch & Josef Lössl (eds.), Wille Und Handlung in der Philosophie der Kaiserzeit Und Spätantike, De Gruyter. pp. 25-44. 2010.
    Stoics, Misc
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    Beyond the Secular? Public Reason and the Search for a Concept of Postsecular Legitimacy
    In Arie L. Molendijk, Justin Beaumont & Christoph Jedan (eds.), Exploring the Postsecular : The Religious, the Political and the Urban, Brill. pp. 311-327. 2010.
    Political TheoryHistory of Political PhilosophyPolitical LiberalismJohn Rawls
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    Troost door argumenten: Herwaardering van een filosofische en christelijke traditie
    Nederlands Theologisch Tijdschrift 68 (1 & 2). 2014.
    The article attempts to put the undervalued cultural phenomenon of offering comfort by means of persuasive speech acts (‘arguments’) on the research agenda of the human¬ities. The article proceeds in four steps. First, it defines ‘argumentative consolation’. Second, it argues that there has been a broad overlap of ancient philosophical and Christian modes of argumentative consolation. Third, it would be misguided to attribute today’s uneasiness with argumentative consolation to a process of ‘sec…Read more
    The article attempts to put the undervalued cultural phenomenon of offering comfort by means of persuasive speech acts (‘arguments’) on the research agenda of the human¬ities. The article proceeds in four steps. First, it defines ‘argumentative consolation’. Second, it argues that there has been a broad overlap of ancient philosophical and Christian modes of argumentative consolation. Third, it would be misguided to attribute today’s uneasiness with argumentative consolation to a process of ‘secularization’; the uneasiness stems from a radicalized intensification of life that is played out against the possibility of consolation in the face of death. Fourth, the ensuing emphasis on the notions of desires, plans and projects to measure the completeness of a life is self-defeating. The article argues the continued relevance of pre-modern argumentative consolation that identified virtue as the key factor in the completeness of a biography.
    Ancient Greek and Roman EthicsDeath and Dying, MiscEpicurusStoics: Later InfluenceEpicureans: Death
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    Metaphors of Closeness : Reflections on 'Homoiosis Theoi' in Ancient Philosophy and Beyond
    Numen 60 54-70. 2013.
    It is often assumed that a single, diachronically persistent motif of imitating god can be identifijied in Ancient philosophy and early Christianity. The present article takes issue with this assumption and seeks to establish the conceptual framework for a more sophisticated discussion of homoiôsis. The article identifijies eight crucial junctures at which homoiôsis stories can diverge. For all the variance of homoiôsis narratives, the category of imitation of the divine remains a useful analyti…Read more
    It is often assumed that a single, diachronically persistent motif of imitating god can be identifijied in Ancient philosophy and early Christianity. The present article takes issue with this assumption and seeks to establish the conceptual framework for a more sophisticated discussion of homoiôsis. The article identifijies eight crucial junctures at which homoiôsis stories can diverge. For all the variance of homoiôsis narratives, the category of imitation of the divine remains a useful analytical tool. The article supports this claim by a comparison of Platonic and Stoic narratives of homoiôsis. It established their distinctness and shows how the rhetoric of imitating the divine offfers important linguistic markers that allow us to trace the transgressive potential of (ancient) theologies.
    Philosophy of ReligionPlato's WorksAncient Greek and Roman Philosophy: General Works
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    Das Recht zu reden. Eine sozialethische Theorie über die Präsenz von religiösen Minderheiten im offentlichen Diskurs
    Nederlands Theologisch Tijdschrift 60 60 235-253. 2006.
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