After the Death of God. By John D. Caputo and Gianni Vattimo. Edited by Jeffrey W. Robbins, with an afterword by Gabriel Vahanian
After the Death of God is both an introduction to two important postmodern philosophers and a manifesto for the return of religious discourse within philosophy. The central claim is that a post-metaphysical, or ‘weak’ conception of the event grounds meaningful or ‘affirmative’ community with others—...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2008
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Literature and theology
Year: 2008, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 118-119 |
| Review of: | After the death of God (New York [u.a.] : Columbia University Press, 2007) (Price, Daniel)
After the death of God (New York [u.a.] : Columbia Univ. Press, 2007) (Price, Daniel) |
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| Summary: | After the Death of God is both an introduction to two important postmodern philosophers and a manifesto for the return of religious discourse within philosophy. The central claim is that a post-metaphysical, or ‘weak’ conception of the event grounds meaningful or ‘affirmative’ community with others—a claim, one should insist, that is broadly hermeneutic, and that stems from a specifically Western understanding of history and religion. Vattimo and Caputo each contribute a brief original essay for the book, both of which are admirably clear statements of their respective projects. The two essays are followed by separate interviews with Jeffrey Robbins, who is a sympathetic interviewer and serves to draw out more of the broad programmatic elements. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frn001 |