Opening doors : thought from (and of) the outside / Garry Watson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watson, Garry, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Place of Publication:

Aurora, Colo. : Davies Group, Publishers, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Preface: A different kind of meditation

Part I: Introductory

A polemical clearing of the ground

Why we need to rethink religion

Part II: The outside

Shifting focus from the "outsider" to the "outside"

Thought from (and of) the outside : Lawrence, Levinas and Derrida on the firing line

Thought from (and of) the outside : Abraham, Conrad's "secret sharer" and hospitality

Balancing as we go : slave or noble? Abrahamic or Hellenic?

Conclusion : "Driv[ing] on to the edge of the unknown and beyond".

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-935790-77-3

9781934542805

OCLC:

506071922