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1 online resource (viii, 379 pages) |
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Indiana series in the philosophy of religion |
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Indiana series in the philosophy of religion.
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| Contents |
Part I: To forgive : the unforgivable and the imprescriptible / Jacques Derrida -- On forgiveness : a roundtable discussion with Jacques Derrida / moderated by Richard Kearney -- Returning/forgiving : ethics and theology / Robert Gibbs -- Forgiveness and incarnation / John Milbank -- The catastrophe of memory : Derrida, Milbank and the (im)possibility of forgiveness/ Mark Dooley -- Part II: The God who may be / Richard Kearney -- "Absolute interruption" : on faith / Kevin Hart ; response by Jacques Derrida -- Questi |
| Summary |
In 15 insightful essays, Jacques Derrida and an international group of scholars of religion explore postmodern thinking about God and consider the nature of forgiveness in relation to the paradoxes of the gift. Among the themes addressed by contributors are the possibilities of imagining God as unthinkable, imagining God as non-patriarchal, imagining a return to Augustine, and imagining an age in which praise is far more important than narrative. Questioning God moves readers beyond the parameters of meta |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Derrida, Jacques -- Contributions in religious aspects of forgiveness -- Congresses
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Derrida, Jacques |
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Forgiveness -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Congresses
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God -- Congresses
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Forgiveness -- Congresses
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God -- Congresses
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Forgiveness -- Congresses
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RELIGION -- Philosophy.
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God
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Forgiveness
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Forgiveness -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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God.
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Vergeving.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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Congressen (vorm)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Caputo, John D.
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Dooley, Mark.
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Scanlon, Michael J.
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| ISBN |
0253108675 |
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9780253108678 |
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1282066137 |
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9781282066137 |
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