Postmodern Apologetics? Arguments for God in Contemporary Philosophy

Name: Postmodern Apologetics? Arguments for God in Contemporary Philosophy
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ISBN: 9780823242757

ISBN-10: 0823242757

ISBN-13: 9780823242757

Edition: 2012

Authors: Christina M. Gschwandtner

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This book provides an introduction to the emerging field of continental philosophy of religion by treating the thought of its most important representatives, including its appropriations by several thinkers in the United States.Part I provides context by examining religious aspects of the thought of Martin Heidegger, Emmanuel Levinas, and Jacques Derrida. Christina Gschwandtner contends that, although the work of these thinkers is not apologetic in nature (i.e., it does not provide an argument for religion, whether Christianity or Judaism), it prepares the ground for the more religiously motivated work of more recent thinkers by giving religious language and ideas some legitimacy in…

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List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Publication date: 11/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.94" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English

Christina M. Gschwandtner teaches philosophy at the University of Scranton. She is translator of Jean-Luc Marion's On the Ego and On God and The Visible and the Revealed.



List of Abbreviations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: The "Death of God" and the Demise of Natural Theology



Preparations



Martin Heidegger and Onto-theo-logy



Emmanuel Lï¿½vinas and the Infinite



Jacques Derrida and "Religion Without Religion"



Expositions



A God of Poetry and Superabundance




A God of Gift and Charity




A God of Truth and Life




A God of Speech and Beauty




A God of Liturgy and Parousia




A God of Suffering and Resurrection




Postmodern Apologetics?



Appropriations



Postmodern Faith




Postmodern Hope




Postmodern Charity



Conclusion


Notes


For Further Reading


Index