Kenosis
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Kenosis is a Greek word for emptiness, which is used as a theological term.
As an ancient Greek word, κένωσις kénōsis means an "emptying", from κενός kenós "empty".
The word is mainly used, however, in a Christian theological context, for example Philippians 2:7, "[Jesus] made himself nothing (ἐκένωσε ekénōse) ..." (NIV), using the verb form κενόω kenóō "to empty".
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The kenotic ethic
The kenotic ethic is the ethic of Jesus, considered as the ethic of sacrifice.
Extreme definition
To sacrifice one's life.
Daily-use definition
In daily life and work kenosis is the balance between self-interest and the good of others.
Kenosis in literary aesthetics
Kenosis is the affect (feeling) experienced by the reader of lyric or poetry forms. It is the experience of the emptying of the ego-personality of the reader into the immediate sensory manipulation of poetics. In this sense, kenosis inflicts an experience of timelessness upon the reader. Compare with catharsis which is the affect created by drama and kerosis which is the affect created by novels.
