Hoping Against Hope : Confessions of a Postmodern Pilgrim /

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John D. Caputo has a long career as one of the preeminent postmodern philosophers in America. The author of such books as Radical Hermeneutics, The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida, and The Weakness of God, Caputo now reflects on his spiritual journey from a Catholic altar boy in 1950s Philadelp...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Caputo, John D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Theology, Doctrinal > 21st century.
Death of God theology > 21st century.
Postmodern theology > 21st century.
Postmodernism > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Nihilism and the smile on the face of matter
  • A taste for the mystics
  • How not to give a gift
  • Goodbye heaven: the religion of Marquerite and the big church
  • Hello, Jesus: the religion of Martha and the working church
  • Adieu to God: praying God to rid us of God
  • Interlude: a short nocturnal seminar
  • Guarding the way to the tree of life: from angelology to technology
  • Do we all die? Everyone? Life before death
  • A short catechism on the nihilism of grace
  • Conclusion: dreaming, praying, hoping, smiling.

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