Description: Acknowledgments Introduction: Apology for the Impossible: Religion and Postmodernism John D. Caputo and Michael J. Scanlon 1.In the Name: How to Avoid Speaking of 'Negative Theology' Jean-Luc Marion Response by Jacques Derrida 2 On the Gift: A Discussion between Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Marion Moderated by Richard Kearney 3. Loose Canons: Augustine and Derrida on Their Selves Robert Dodaro Discussion 4. Desire of God Richard Kearney Discussion 5. Overcoming Onto-theology Merold Westphal Discussion 6. Fragments: The Spiritual Situation of Our Times David Tracy Discussion 7. Apostles of the Impossible: On God and the Gift in Derrida and Marion John D. Caputo 8. A Deconstruction of Religion: On Derrida and Rahner Michael J. Scanlon 9. Betting on Vegas Mark C. Taylor Discussion 10. Eating the Text, Defiling the Hands: Specters in Arnold Schoenberg's Opera Moses and Aron Edith Wyschogrod 11. Revisiting the Body: Virginity Secularized Frangoise Meltzer 12. Our Own Faces in Deep Wells: A Future for Historical Jesus Research John Dominic Crossan Contributors; Index

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