Religion after Metaphysics

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How should we understand religion, and what place should it hold, in an age in which metaphysics has come into disrepute? The metaphysical assumptions which supported traditional theologies are no longer widely accepted, but it is not clear how this 'end of metaphysics' should be understood, nor what implications it ought to have for our understanding of religion. At the same time there is renewed interest in the sacred and the divine in disciplines as varied as philosophy, psychology, literature, history, anthropology, and cultural studies. In this volume, leading philosophers in the United States and Europe address the decline of metaphysics and the space which this decline has opened for non-theological understandings of religion. The contributors include Richard Rorty, Charles Taylor, Jean-Luc Marion, Gianni Vattimo, Hubert Dreyfus, Robert Pippin, John Caputo, Adriaan Peperzak, Leora Batnitzky, and Mark Wrathall.

'This intense and profound book performs the very approach it recommends, by demonstrating throughout intellectual virtues of patience, attention, rigour and commitment, Janz writes well and in a style refreshingly free from self-indulgent obscurity.'

Source: The Times Literary Supplement

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of contributors
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Preface
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- By Mark A. Wrathall, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy Brigham Young University, Utah
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1 - Introduction: metaphysics and onto-theology
pp 1-6
- By Mark A. Wrathall, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy Brigham Young University, Utah
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2 - Love and death in Nietzsche
pp 7-28
- By Robert Pippin, University of Chicago
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3 - After onto-theology: philosophy between science and religion
pp 29-36
- By Gianni Vattimo, University of Turin
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4 - Anti-clericalism and atheism
pp 37-46
- By Richard Rorty, Stanford University
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5 - Closed world structures
pp 47-68
- By Charles Taylor, McGill University
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6 - Between the earth and the sky: Heidegger on life after the death of God
pp 69-87
- By Mark A. Wrathall, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy Brigham Young University, Utah
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7 - Christianity without onto-theology: Kierkegaard's account of the self's movement from despair to bliss
pp 88-103
- By Hubert L. Dreyfus, University of California – Berkeley
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8 - Religion after onto-theology?
pp 104-122
- By Adriaan Peperzak, Loyola University, Chicago
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9 - The experience of God and the axiology of the impossible
pp 123-145
- By John D. Caputo, Villanova University
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10 - Jewish philosophy after metaphysics
pp 146-165
- By Leora Batnitzky, Princeton University
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11 - The “end of metaphysics” as a possibility
pp 166-189
- By Jean-Luc Marion, Université de Paris I – Sorbonne, Daryl Lee
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-v

List of contributors
pp vi-vi

Preface
pp vii-viii

1 - Introduction: metaphysics and onto-theology
pp 1-6

2 - Love and death in Nietzsche
pp 7-28

3 - After onto-theology: philosophy between science and religion
pp 29-36

4 - Anti-clericalism and atheism
pp 37-46

5 - Closed world structures
pp 47-68

6 - Between the earth and the sky: Heidegger on life after the death of God
pp 69-87

7 - Christianity without onto-theology: Kierkegaard's account of the self's movement from despair to bliss
pp 88-103

8 - Religion after onto-theology?
pp 104-122

9 - The experience of God and the axiology of the impossible
pp 123-145

10 - Jewish philosophy after metaphysics
pp 146-165

11 - The “end of metaphysics” as a possibility
pp 166-189

Index
pp 190-194

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