John Milbank's work repeatedly invites two fundamental criticisms: he supposedly prioritises abstract thought over concrete reality, and he claims for himself a God's eye perspective on reality that is forgetful of any epistemological limits concerning a truthful human vision of the whole. Contrary to the first criticism, this article appreciates the way in which Milbank follows twentieth-century Ressourcement theologies in relating concrete reality and abstract systematic thought. The second criticism does not disqualify Milbank's ontology, but encourages a more consequent application of this ontology in his assessment of concrete reality. As a corrective, Edward Schillebeeckx's contribution to Ressourcement theologies is revisited, as his work bears the promise of attaining an ever more limitless vision of God, via the path of contemplating concrete reality.

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超越想象认识上帝：对约翰米尔班克思想中系统神学与具体现实关系的批判性评价

约翰·米尔班克 (John Milbank) 的作品一再招致两个基本批评：据说他将抽象思想置于具体现实之上，并且他为自己声称对现实采取上帝视角的视角，而忘记了关于真实的人类整体愿景的任何认识论限制。与第一种批评相反，本文赞赏米尔班克遵循 20 世纪资源神学将具体现实和抽象系统思想联系起来的方式。第二个批评并没有取消米尔班克本体论的资格，而是鼓励在他对具体现实的评估中对该本体论进行更后续的应用。作为纠正，爱德华·席勒贝克克斯对资源神学的贡献被重新审视，因为他的工作承诺实现对上帝的无限远见，