摘要：Gianni Vattimo, the Italian Postmodern philosopher, has an understanding o f the 'Death of God' that has drawn comparisons with the 'death of God' theological movement from the 1960s, particularly the work o f Thomas J. J. Altizer on the subject. The influence of Nietzsche on both authors and their use of the Christian term ' kenosis' (the self-emptying o f God in the incarnation) invite such a comparison. However, this article draws all the points of comparison between the two authors on this subject together before showing how and in what ways Vattimo differs from Altizer's thoughts on the death of God. I will argue that Altizer's relian ce on Hegelian thought marks him out as different to Vattimo, particularly due to the latter's Heideggerian influence. I will then show why it is wrong to think, as some commentators have done, that Vattimo is also a Hegelian
