Reexamining deconstruction and determinate religion : toward a religion with religion / edited by J. Aaron Simmons & Stephen Minister.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simmons, J. Aaron, 1977-

Minister, Stephen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Deconstruction.

Postmodernism.

Physical Description:

ix, 409 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press, [2012]

Summary:

"Draws on both continental and analytic philosophy to challenge the prominent paradigm of a 'religion without religion' proposed in a deconstructive philosophy of religion; the authors offer instead a philosophical basis for practicing determinate religions that rejects binary options between undecidability and safety, or between skepticism and dogmatism"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 The Philosophical Basis for Religion with Religion

1 Apologetics after Objectivity / J. Aaron Simmons Simmons, J. Aaron 23

"As Radical as One Needs to Be"-A Response to J. Aaron Simmons (Bruce Ellis Benson) 61

Apologetic after Identity?-A Response to J. Aaron Simmons (Stephen Minister) 69

2 Faith Seeking Understanding / Stephen Minister Minister, Stephen 75

Thinking More Positively... and Indeed Why Not?-A Response to Stephen Minister (Jeffrey Hanson) 113

Religion in the Postmodern Public Square-Thinking after Stephen Minister (J. Aaron Simmons) 119

Part 2 Religion with Religion in Practice

3 The Phenomenon of the Good: Reconstructing Religion in the Wake of Deconstruction / Jeffrey Hanson Hanson, Jeffrey 131

My Lies Are Always Wishes: Reflections on the Fictional Structure of the Statement of Faith-A Response to Jeffrey Hanson (Drew M. Dalton) 155

Silence, Faith, and (the Call to) Goodness-A Response to Jeffrey Hanson (Stephen Minister) 161

4 The Greatest of These: Toward a Phenomenology of Agapic Love / Drew M. Dalton Dalton, Drew M. 167

A Tale of Two Logics: Some Further Questions about Agape-A Response to Drew M. Dalton (Jeffrey Hanson) 199

True Religion-A Response to Drew M. Dalton (Bruce Ellis Benson) 205

5 "You Are Not Far from the Kingdom": Christianity as Self-Disruptive Messianism / Bruce Ellis Benson Benson, Bruce Ellis 211

The Liturgy of Hermeneutics: Midrash as Open Religion with Religion - A Response to Bruce Ellis Benson (Drew M. Dalton) 229

Perhaps Still a Bit Farther Off Than We Think-Engaging Bruce Ellis Benson (J. Aaron Simmons) 235

Part 3 Responses to Religion with Religion

6 Conversations on Religion with or without Religion / Merold Westphal Westphal, Merold 247

7 On Not Settling for an Abridged Edition of Postmodernism: Radical Hermeneutics as Radical Theology / John D. Caputo Caputo, John D. 271.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-400) and index.

ISBN:

9780820704579

0820704571

OCLC:

794207313