Awaiting the impossible : a dialogue with Derrida, deconstruction, and the endless wait for messiah / See Seng Tan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tan, See Seng, 1965- author.

Wong, Gordon, 1961- author foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy and religion.

Deconstruction.

Messiah.

Derrida, Jacques.

Physical Description:

ix, 139 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Wipf & Stock, [2022]

Summary:

"This book dialogues with deconstruction's "religion without religion" and its implications for theology. In the view of many, deconstruction is a purely nihilistic force bent on the wanton destruction of long-held philosophical, religious, and moral traditions. However, this perspective ignores the fact that deconstruction--in the hands of its standard bearers like Jacques Derrida, John Caputo, and others--has all along been a religious exercise in demythologization. Furnishing a Christian rejoinder to deconstruction's claims about and objections to orthodox religion (and particularly to Christianity), the book addresses the following questions: How can deconstruction open a space for an affirmative faith to occur and be professed? Can deconstruction ever be hospitable toward Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah for which it waits?"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Foreword by Gordon Wong.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-139).

Other Format:

Online version: Tan, See Seng. Awaiting the impossible.

ISBN:

9781666741636

1666741639

9781666741629

1666741620

OCLC:

1333271085

Publisher Number:

99991948806