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J. Aaron Simmons (editor) and
Stephen Minister (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Duquesne Univ Pr
Publication date
October 1, 2012
Pages
409
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780820704579
ISBN-10
0820704571
Dimensions
1.25 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
1.25 lbs.
Original list price
$30.00
Other format details
university press
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: Reexamining Deconstruction and Determinate Religion addresses the conventional conflicts between those who desire a more objective, determinate, and quasi-evidentialist perspective on faith and religious truth and those who adopt a more poetic, indeterminate, relativistic, and radical one. Drawing on both continental and analytic philosophy, this unique volume offers a sustained challenge to the prominent paradigm of a âreligion without religion,â proposed in a deconstructive philosophy of religion. Articulated by Jacques Derrida and advanced by John D. Caputo, âreligion without religionâ challenges the epistemic certainty, political exclusivism, and theological absolutism with which specific religious traditions have tended to operate and recommends rejecting or maintaining an ironic distance from the determinate truth-claims and practices of particular religious communities. Without simplistically rejecting deconstruction, Simmons and Minister maintain that a specifically deconstructive approach to religion does not necessarily dictate the complete indeterminancy of a âreligion without religion.â Rather, âreligion with religionâ is offered as a particular way of practicing determinate religions that rejects binary options between undecidability and safety, or between skepticism and dogmatism. Thus, the truths of determinate religions are not assumed, but their possibility is embraced, which invites vigorous and charitable dialogue. Within this framework, the contributors assert that postmodern religious identity is necessary for contemporary ethical and political existence. Organized in what might be called a âpolylogue,â chapters 1â5 function dialogically, including two response essays to each of the primary essays. In these chapters, the authors explore topics including politics, faith, and biblical interpretation, but ultimately focus on the philosophical basis for a âreligion with religionâ and the practice or application of it. Finally, the book ends with two important new essays by Merold Westphal and John D. Caputo, respectively, that consider the conversation of the book as a whole and the very idea of âreligion with religion.â Westphalâs essay offers a rigorous analysis and productive response to the essays by the other contributing authors, while Caputoâs lengthy chapter offers a clear and accessible introduction to his philosophical theology. While especially relevant to anyone interested in an overview of and constructive dialogue with deconstructive philosophy of religion, Reexamining Deconstruction and Determinate Religion will be of interest to scholars and students interested in all areas of continental philosophy of religion and its potential benefit to determinate faith practices.
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9780820704579 | details & prices | 409 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $30.00
About: Reexamining Deconstruction and Determinate Religion addresses the conventional conflicts between those who desire a more objective, determinate, and quasi-evidentialist perspective on faith and religious truth and those who adopt a more poetic, indeterminate, relativistic, and radical one.
About: Reexamining Deconstruction and Determinate Religion addresses the conventional conflicts between those who desire a more objective, determinate, and quasi-evidentialist perspective on faith and religious truth and those who adopt a more poetic, indeterminate, relativistic, and radical one.
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