This article discusses the theological implications of Adorno’s writings on Beckett by
specifically examining their constellative motifs of death, reconciliation and redemption. It addresses
not only their content but also their form, suggesting a mutually stimulating relationship between the
two as based both on a negative-dialectical approach and an inverse-theological trajectory. Focusing
on Adorno’s discussion of Beckett’s oeuvre as a “metaphysical entity,” I argue that Adorno’s reading
of Beckett is peculiar because it is inextricably tied to his own critical-theological venture. The essay
claims that Adorno’s reflections on Beckett contour, at their most basic level, meditations on theology
in the age of its impossibility
