Postmodern Apologetics? : Arguments for God in Contemporary Philosophy / Christina M. Gschwandtner.
Gschwandtner, Christina M., author.
2022
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Title Postmodern Apologetics? : Arguments for God in Contemporary Philosophy / Christina M. Gschwandtner.
Author Gschwandtner, Christina M., author.
ISBN 9780823292400
DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823292400
Published New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2022]
Copyright ©2013
Language English
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Description 1 online resource (384 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1515/9780823292400 doi
Summary 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 philosophical discussions. Part II devotes a chapter to each of the contemporary French thinkers who articulate a phenomenology of religious experience: Paul Ricoeur, Jean-Luc Marion, Michel Henry, Jean-Louis Chrétien, Jean-Yves Lacoste, and Emmanuel Falque. In it, the author argues that their respective philosophies can be read as an apologetics of sorts-namely, as arguments for the coherence of thought about God and the viability of religious experience-though each thinker does so in a different fashion and to a different degree. Part III considers the three major thinkers who have popularized and extended this phenomenology in the U.S. context: John D. Caputo, Merold Westphal, and Richard Kearney. The book thus both provides an introduction to important contemporary thinkers, many of whom have not yet received much treatment in English, and also argues that their philosophies can be read as providing an argument for Christian faith.
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Series Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
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Frontmatter
Contents
Abbreviations
Preface
Ac know ledg ments
Introduction: The "Death of God" and the Demise of Natural Theology
PART I : PREPARATIONS
1 Martin Heidegger and Onto- theo- logy
2 Emmanuel Lévinas and the Infinite
3 Jacques Derrida and "Religion Without Religion"
PART II: EXPOSITIONS
4 Paul Ricoeur: A God of Poetry and Superabundance
5 Jean- Luc Marion: A God of Gift and Charity
6 Michel Henry: A God of Truth and Life
7 Jean- Louis Chrétien: A God of Speech and Beauty
8 Jean- Yves Lacoste: A God of Liturgy and Parousia
9 Emmanuel Falque: A God of Suffering and Resurrection
10 Postmodern Apologetics?
PART III:APPROPRIATIONS
11 Merold Westphal: Postmodern Faith
12 John Caputo: Postmodern Hope
13 Richard Kearney: Postmodern Charity
Conclusion
Notes
For Further Reading
Index

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