The Religious

by Caputo, John D.

• ISBN13: 9780631211693
• ISBN10: 0631211691
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-28
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This impressive collection takes its lead from the question - "Who comes after the subject?" - posed by Jean-Luc Nancy some years ago and responds to similar questions of "Who comes after the God of metaphysics?" and "What becomes of God and of religious faith after the 'first cause' has been shown the door?" To answer these questions, The Religious offers landmark texts from Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Levinas, Derrida, and Irigaray, excerpts from the famous debate between Jean-Luc Marion and Dominique Janicaud, and ten original selections, some of which include coverage of feminist theology. This volume is an ideal text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in the philosophy of religion.

Author Biography

John D. Caputo, the David R. Cook Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University. He is the author of numerous books on continental philosophy and religion, including On Religion (2001), More Radical Hermeneutics (2000), God, the Gift, and Postmodernism (1999, co-edited with Michael J. Scanlon), The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida (1997), and Deconstruction in a Nutshell: A Conversation with Jacques Derrida (1997).

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Who Comes After the God of Metaphysics?

Landmarks

The Moment: Selections from The Concept of Anxiety

The Wholly Other: Selections from Philosophical Fragments

Faith: Selections from Practice in Christianity

Phenomenology and Theology

The Onto-theo-logical Constitution of Metaphysics

Diachrony and Representation

""My Religion

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