ABSTRACT

Written in response to John Caputo's The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida, this work gathers together cutting-edge theologians and philosophers to examine the relationship between Derridan deconstruction and religion. Containing a lengthy counter-response by Caputo, as well as an interview, Religion With/Out Religion will be required reading for all those involved in contemporary theological debate.

chapter |14 pages

Dangerous safety, safe danger

The threat of deconstruction to the threat of determinable faith 1

chapter |16 pages

“Religion without religion” 1

Caputo, Derrida, and the violence of particularity 2

chapter |12 pages

Is deconstruction an Augustinian science?

Augustine, Derrida, and Caputo on the commitments of philosophy 1

chapter |18 pages

Prayers of confession and tears of contrition

John Caputo and a radically “Baptist” hermeneutic of repentance

chapter |14 pages

Between biblical religion and deconstruction

The possibility of repetition

chapter |10 pages

The test of khôra

Grâce à Dieu

chapter |31 pages

What do I love when I love my God?

An interview with John D. Caputo