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Hoping against hope confessions of a postmodern pilgrim
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Hoping against hope [electronic resource] : confessions of a postmodern pilgrim / John D. Caputo.
ISBN
1506401503
9781506401508
1451499159
9781451499155
Published
Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015 (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Minneapolis [Minnesota] : Fortress Press, [2015] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 PDF (x, 214 pages))
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Summary
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 Philadelphia to a philosopher after the death of God. Part spiritual autobiography, part homily on what he calls the "nihilism of grace," Hoping Against Hope calls believers and nonbelievers alike to participate in the "praxis of the kingdom of God," which Caputo says we must pursue "without why." Caputo's conversation partners in this volume include Lyotard, Derrida, and Hegel, but also earlier versions of himself: Jackie, a young altar boy, and Brother Paul, a novice in a religious order. Caputo traces his own journey from faith through skepticism to hope, after the "death of God." In the end, Caputo doesn't want to do away with religion; he wants to redeem religion and to reinvent religion for a postmodern time.
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Project MUSE - UPCC 2015 Complete.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2015 Philosophy and Religion.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 15, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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