Augustine and Postmodernism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Augustine and Postmodernism write by John D. Caputo. This book was released on 2005-03-10. Augustine and Postmodernism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Scanlon, and Mark Vessey.Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion--Merold Westphal, general editor
Augustine and Postmodern Thought
Augustine and Postmodern Thought - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Augustine and Postmodern Thought write by Lieven Boeve. This book was released on 2009. Augustine and Postmodern Thought available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. On November 9-11, 2006, the Research Group 'Theology in a Postmodern Context' (K.U.Leuven) organised an expert symposium on the return of Augustine in current postmodern philosophical-theological debates. The North-African Church Father, or at least the thinking patterns or intuitions borrowed from him, are often invoked in discussions on the relation between Christian faith and the contemporary postmodern context. On the one hand, one observes the retrieval of rather premodern approaches in order to remedy the so-called (post-)modern crisis, which is said to result in nihilism, relativism, etc. For what seems to attract some theologians in Augustinian thinking is the (apparent) marriage between Greek (neo-Platonic) philosophy and Christian faith. Such a combination of premodern metaphysics and Christian faith would serve as a necessary presupposition for every legitimate theological epistemology. On the other hand, there are theologians and philosophers who are increasingly trying to reread Augustine from a postmodern stance, stressing the role of particularity, narrativity, historicity, and the decentring of subjectivity, which they see present in Augustine's approach, or from which they deconstruct Augustine's thinking. Central questions discussed during the symposium were: Are the analyses, offered by authors who are re-introducing Augustine with respect to the contemporary context, correct? To what diagnosed problems, and on what basis, do they propose Augustine as a remedy? Are their presentations of other theological and philosophical responses to the present situation correct and which 'Augustine' do they claim to represent? More fundamentally: what would a genuine Augustinian epistemology look like, and what can we gain from it? In what way can it be normative for a theological epistemology in our day? In answering these questions, the symposium focused explicitly on contemporary philosophical and theological evaluations of both modernity and postmodernity, and theological responses to them.
Heidegger's Confessions
Heidegger's Confessions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Heidegger's Confessions write by Ryan Coyne. This book was released on 2015-05-04. Heidegger's Confessions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Heidegger's Paul -- The cogito out-of-reach -- The remains of Christian theology -- Testimony and the irretrievable in being and time -- Temporality and transformation, or Augustine through the turn -- On retraction -- Conclusion : difference and de-theologization.
God, the Gift, and Postmodernism
God, the Gift, and Postmodernism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook God, the Gift, and Postmodernism write by John D. Caputo. This book was released on 1999-12-22. God, the Gift, and Postmodernism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Pushing past the constraints of postmodernism which cast "reason" and"religion" in opposition, God, the Gift, and Postmodernism, seizes the opportunity to question the authority of "the modern" and open the limits of possible experience, including the call to religious experience, as a new millennium approaches. Jacques Derrida, the father of deconstruction, engages with Jean-Luc Marion and other religious philosophers to entertain questions about intention, givenness, and possibility which reveal the extent to which deconstruction is structured like religion. New interpretations of Kant, Heidegger, Husserl, and Derrida emerge from essays and discussions with distinguished philosophers and theologians from the United States and Europe. The result is that God, the Gift, and Postmodernism elaborates a radical phenomenology that stretches the limits of its possibility and explores areas where philosophy and religion have become increasingly and surprisingly convergent. Contributors include: John D. Caputo, John Dominic Crossan, Jacques Derrida, Robert Dodaro, Richard Kearney, Jean-Luc Marion, Frangoise Meltzer, Michael J. Scanlon, Mark C. Taylor, David Tracy, Merold Westphal and Edith Wyschogrod.
Who's Afraid of Postmodernism? (The Church and Postmodern Culture)
Who's Afraid of Postmodernism? (The Church and Postmodern Culture) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Who's Afraid of Postmodernism? (The Church and Postmodern Culture) write by James K. A. Smith. This book was released on 2006-04-01. Who's Afraid of Postmodernism? (The Church and Postmodern Culture) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The philosophies of French thinkers Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault form the basis for postmodern thought and are seemingly at odds with the Christian faith. However, James K. A. Smith claims that their ideas have been misinterpreted and actually have a deep affinity with central Christian claims. Each chapter opens with an illustration from a recent movie and concludes with a case study considering recent developments in the church that have attempted to respond to the postmodern condition, such as the "emerging church" movement. These case studies provide a concrete picture of how postmodern ideas can influence the way Christians think and worship. This significant book, winner of a Christianity Today 2007 Book Award, avoids philosophical jargon and offers fuller explanation where needed. It is the first book in the Church and Postmodern Culture series, which provides practical applications for Christians engaged in ministry in a postmodern world.
