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Dis-Enclosure : The Deconstruction of Christianity

This book is a profound and eagerly anticipated investigation into what is left of a monotheistic religious spirit?notably, a minimalist faith that is neither confessional nor credulous. Articulating this faith as works and as an objectless hope, Nancy deconstructs Christianity in search of the hist...

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Main Author: Nancy, Jean-Luc
Other Authors: Malenfant, Gabriel, Bergo, Bettina
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bronx : Fordham University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This book is a profound and eagerly anticipated investigation into what is left of a monotheistic religious spirit?notably, a minimalist faith that is neither confessional nor credulous. Articulating this faith as works and as an objectless hope, Nancy deconstructs Christianity in search of the historical and reflective conditions that provided its initial energy. Working through Blanchot and Nietzsche, re-reading Heidegger and Derrida, Nancy turns to the Epistle of Saint James rather than those of Saint Paul, discerning in it the primitive essence of Christianity as hope. The?religion that p.
Physical Description:1 online resource (200 pages).
ISBN:9780823228379