By Steven Shakespeare

ISBN-10: 056703240X

ISBN-13: 9780567032409

ISBN-10: 0567186644

ISBN-13: 9780567186645

Jacques Derrida: a reputation to strike worry into the hearts of theologians. His principles were highly influential in shaping postmodern philosophy, and its influence has been felt around the humanities from literary stories to structure. besides the fact that, he has additionally been linked to the specters of relativism and nihilism. a few have prompt he undermines any suggestion of target fact and strong which means.

Derrida is now more and more noticeable as a big contributor to considering the complexity of fact, accountability and witnessing. Theologians and biblical students are attractive as by no means ahead of with Derrida's personal deep-rooted reflections on spiritual subject matters. From the character of religion to the identify of God, from Messianism to mysticism, from forgiveness to the very unlikely, he has damaged new flooring in pondering faith in our time. His principles and writing sort stay hugely advanced, notwithstanding, and will be a forbidding prospect for the uninitiated. This e-book examines his philosophical procedure, his particular paintings on spiritual topics, and the ways that theologians have interpreted, followed, and disputed them.

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