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Paul in the grip of the philosophers : the apostle and contemporary Continental philosophy / Peter Frick, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextDescription: viii, 266 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780800699123 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0800699122 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 227/.06 23
LOC classification:
  • BS2651 .P28335 2013
Contents:
Paul in the grip of Continental philosophers: what is at stake? / Peter Frick -- Nietzsche: the archetype of Pauline deconstruction / Peter Frick -- Heidegger on the Apostle Paul / Benjamin Crowe -- Paul of the gaps: Agamben, Benjamin and the puppet player / Roland Boer -- Jacob Taubes: Paulinist, messianist / Larry L. Welborn -- Circumcising the Word: Derrida as a reader of Paul / Hans Ruin -- Gianni Vattimo and Saint Paul: ontological weakening, kenosis, and secularity / Anthony C. Sciglitano Jr. -- Badiou's Paul: founder of universalism and theoretician of the militant / Frederiek Depoortere -- Agamben's Paul: thinker of the messianic / Alain Gignac -- Mad with the love of undead life: understanding Paul and Žižek / Ward Blanton -- The philosophers' Paul and the churches / Neil Elliott.
Summary: "One of the remarkable developments in the contemporary study of Paul is the dramatic interest in his thought amongst European philosophers. This collection of insights from leading scholars makes accessible a discussion often elusive to those not already conversant in the categories of European philosophy"--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-253) and indexes.

Paul in the grip of Continental philosophers: what is at stake? / Peter Frick -- Nietzsche: the archetype of Pauline deconstruction / Peter Frick -- Heidegger on the Apostle Paul / Benjamin Crowe -- Paul of the gaps: Agamben, Benjamin and the puppet player / Roland Boer -- Jacob Taubes: Paulinist, messianist / Larry L. Welborn -- Circumcising the Word: Derrida as a reader of Paul / Hans Ruin -- Gianni Vattimo and Saint Paul: ontological weakening, kenosis, and secularity / Anthony C. Sciglitano Jr. -- Badiou's Paul: founder of universalism and theoretician of the militant / Frederiek Depoortere -- Agamben's Paul: thinker of the messianic / Alain Gignac -- Mad with the love of undead life: understanding Paul and Žižek / Ward Blanton -- The philosophers' Paul and the churches / Neil Elliott.

"One of the remarkable developments in the contemporary study of Paul is the dramatic interest in his thought amongst European philosophers. This collection of insights from leading scholars makes accessible a discussion often elusive to those not already conversant in the categories of European philosophy"--Publisher description.

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