After the Death of God

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-231-14125-3
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 131 mm x 201 mm, Gewicht: 231 g

Reihe: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture

It has long been assumed that the more modern we become, the less religious we will be. Yet a recent resurrection in faith has challenged the certainty of this belief. In these original essays and interviews, leading hermeneutical philosophers and postmodern theorists John D. Caputo and Gianni Vattimo engage with each other's past and present work on the subject and reflect on our transition from secularism to postsecularism.

As two of the figures who have contributed the most to the theoretical reflections on the contemporary philosophical turn to religion, Caputo and Vattimo explore the changes, distortions, and reforms that are a part of our postmodern faith and the forces shaping the religious imagination today. Incisively and imaginatively connecting their argument to issues ranging from terrorism to fanaticism and from politics to media and culture, these thinkers continue to reinvent the field of hermeneutic philosophy with wit, grace, and passion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Caputo, John D.

Vattimo, Gianni

Robbins, Jeffrey

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction: After the Death of God, by Jeffrey W. Robbins1. Toward a Nonreligious Christianity, by Gianni VattimoSpectral Hermeneutics: On the Weakness of God and the Theology of the Event, by John D. Caputo
2. A Prayer for Silence: Dialogue with Gianni VattimoOn the Power of the Powerless: Dialogue with John D. Caputo
3. The Death of God: A Deconstruction, by Gabriel Vahanian
NotesIndex

Leseproben

Read the >Introduction to After the Death of God (pdf)

Über Autor(innen)

John D. Caputo is Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Humanities and professor of philosophy at Syracuse University and the David R. Cook Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Villanova University. His most recent books are The Weakness of God: A Theology of the Event and Philosophy and Theology.Gianni Vattimo is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Turin and a member of the European Parliament. His books with Columbia University Press are Christianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith: A Dialogue (with René Girard), Not Being God: A Collaborative Autobiography, Art's Claim to Truth, After the Death of God, Dialogue with Nietzsche, The Future of Religion (with Richard Rorty), Nihilism and Emancipation: Ethics, Politics, and the Law, and After Christianity.Jeffrey W. Robbins is associate professor of religion and philosophy at Lebanon Valley College.