AUGUSTINE AND POSTMODERNISM. Confessions and Circumfession

Caputo, John D.; Scanlon, Michael J.

ISBN 10: 0253217318 / ISBN 13: 9780253217318

Published by Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 2005

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In this work, an international group of philosophers add to the relatively new, but growing philosophy of religion that is signified by the term "postmodernism." They focus on Augustine and questions of confession and religious commitment. This will be of interest to scholars and students of Augustine as well as those interested in the invigorating discussion between philosophy, religion, and postmodernism. The book contains illustrations, chapter notes, a list of contributors, and an index. Underlining on a few pages; otherwise, this copy is clean and solid.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: AUGUSTINE AND POSTMODERNISM. Confessions and Circumfession
• Publisher: Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0253217318
• ISBN 13: 9780253217318
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition First Printing
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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Synopsis

At the heart of the current surge of interest in religion among contemporary Continental philosophers stands Augustine's Confessions. With Derrida's Circumfession constantly in the background, this volume takes up the provocative readings of Augustine by Heidegger, Lyotard, Arendt, and Ricoeur. Derrida himself presides over and comments on essays by major Continental philosophers and internationally recognized Augustine scholars. While studies on and about Augustine as a philosopher abound, none approach his work from such a uniquely postmodern point of view, showing both the continuing relevance of Augustine and the religious resonances within postmodernism. Posed at the intersection of philosophy, theology, and religious studies, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of Augustine as well as those interested in the invigorating discussion between philosophy, religion, and postmodernism.

Contributors include Geoffrey Bennington, Philippe Capelle, John D. Caputo, Elizabeth A. Clark, Hent de Vries, Jacques Derrida, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Richard Kearney, Catherine Malabou, James O'Donnell, Michael J. Scanlon, and Mark Vessey.

Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion―Merold Westphal, general editor

About the Author

John D. Caputo is the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Humanities at Syracuse University. He is also David R. Cook Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Villanova University. He is author of More Radical Hermeneutics (IUP, 2000) and The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida (IUP, 1997).

Michael J. Scanlon, O.S.A., is Josephine C. Connelly Chair of Christian Theology at Villanova University. He is co-editor with John Caputo of God, the Gift, and Postmodernism (IUP, 1999) and Questioning God (IUP, 2001).