ABSTRACT
Both negative theology and the death of God are forms of theological non-phenomenality: in the first, God appears by not appearing; in the second, God disappears. In both cases, Derrida argues against the possibility of pure negation or absolute theological non-phenomenality, claiming that negative theology harbours a presupposed super-theology and that the death of God is never fully accomplished because it leaves behind a theological remainder, at the very least an evacuated theological space. Although Derrida never thematizes the chiasmus as such, the chi figure is announced formally in Dissemination as a ‘quick, thematic diagram of dissemination’. As for the Christian implications of the impossible God – theological, ecclesiastical, doctrinal, liturgical, spiritual – these are not elaborated in Derrida’s writing. The chapter also presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book.
