Postmodernism, Literature, and the Future of Theology

by Jasper, David

• ISBN13: 9781606088296
• ISBN10: 1606088297
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-16
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub

Summary

These essays set out to consider the possible future of theology in the light of the so-called postmodern condition. They are necessarily deeply interdisciplinary, since it is a characteristic of post-Enlightenment thought to disintegrate the lines of definition which separate areas of reflection in the human sciences. Theology, we believe, must be exposed to the consequences of what has happened in literature and critical theory if it is to have any future outside the protected and isolated environment of ecclesia and the communities of the faithful.

Author Biography

David Jasper is Changjing Chair Professor at Renmin University of China.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Notes on the Contributors	p. ix
Introduction: Religious Thought and Contemporary Critical Theory	p. 1
Two Ways to Avoid Tragedy	p. 7
Tragedy is - Scription Contra-diction	p. 21
Torn by Desire: Sparagmos in Greek Tragedy and Recent Fiction	p. 60
An Apocalypse of Race and Gender: Body Violence and Forming Identity in Toni Morrison's Beloved	p. 78
The Postmodernity of Judas: Religious Narrative and the Deconstruction of Time	p. 91
Nietzsche's Theology of History and the Redemption of Postmodernism	p. 120
Theology in the Context of Pluralism and Postmodernity: David Tracy's Theological Method	p. 143
The End of the Story?	p. 164
Back to Literature - and Theology?	p. 180
index	p. 191
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