The Religious

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Edited by John D. Caputo

Blackwell Publishers

Due/Published October 2001, 336 pages, paper

ISBN 0631211691

This collection takes its lead from the question - "Who comes after the subject?" - posed by Jean-Luc Nancy some years ago and responds to similar questions of "Who comes after the God of metaphysics?" and "What becomes of God and of religious faith after the 'first cause' has been shown the door?" To answer these questions, The Religious offers texts from Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Levinas, Derrida, and Irigaray, excerpts from the debate between Jean-Luc Marion and Dominique Janicaud, and ten original selections, some of which include coverage of feminist theology.

Contents

Notes on Contributors.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction: Who Comes After the God of Metaphysics?: John D. Caputo (Villanova University).
Part I: Landmarks:
Soren Kierkegaard:
1. The Moment: Selections from The Concept of Anxiety.
2. The Wholly Other: Selections from Philosophical Fragments.
3. Faith: Selections from Practice in Christianity.
Martin Heidegger:
4. Phenomenology and Theology.
5. The Onto-theo-logical Constitution of Metaphysics.
Emmanuel Lévinas:
6. Diachrony and Representation.
Jacques Derrida:
7. "My Religion:": Selections from Circumfession.
Luce Irigaray:
8. Belief Itself.
Part II: Contemporary Essays:
9. The Final Appeal of the Subject: Jean-Luc Marion (University of Chicago).
10. "Veerings" from The Theological Turn of French Phenomenology: Dominique Janicaud (University of Nice).
11. The Experience of God: Kevin Hart (Monash University).
12. Eschatology of the Possible God: Richard Kearney (Boston College and University College Dublin).
13. God is Underfoot: Pneumatology after Derrida: Mark I. Wallace (Swarthmore College).
14. Beyond Belief?: Sexual Difference and Religion after Ontotheology: Ellen T. Armour (Rhodes College).
15. "Barely by a Breath . . .": Irigaray on Rethinking Religion: Grace M. Jantzen (University of Manchester).
16. Second Thoughts About Transcendence: Walter Lowe (Emory University).
17. Materiality and Theoretical Reflection: Charles E. Winquist (Syracuse University).
18. Divine Excess: The God Who Comes After: Merold Westphal (Fordham University).
19. Darkness and Silence: Evil and the Western Legacy: John Milbank (University of Virginia).
20. Return to Laughter: Sharon Welch (University of Missouri-Columbia).
Index