Reimagining the Sacred: Richard Kearney Debates God with James Wood, Catherine Keller, Charles Taylor, Julia Kristeva, Gianni Vattimo, Simon Critchley, Jean-Luc Marion, John Caputo, David Tracey, Jens Zimmermann, and Merold Westphal
ISBN: 9780231540889
Platform/Publisher: Oxford Academic / Columbia University Press
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Subjects: Philosophy of Religion;

Kearney (Anatheism), philosopher and phenomenologist at Boston College, provocatively asks, what is still sacred after the death of God? Expanding German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer's notion of a "nonreligious interpretation of Christianity," Kearney seeks a philosophy of God that can resacralize a postreligious English-speaking world. With philosopher and theologian Jens Zimmermann, Kearney engages nearly a dozen philosophers and cultural theorists, including Julia Kristeva, Jean-Luc Marion, and Catherine Keller, in conversation over his highly esoteric hermeneutic of "anatheism" (described as the study of God after God). The book garners the results of their exchanges about Kearney's hypothesis that, in the postmodern age, we are approaching a moment of radical encounter with the Divine, one that flourishes not only within religious structures but also in meeting the Other, an experience of dialogue rather than dogma. "Anatheism's call to hospitality in order to recover God after the death of God is a vital initiative for our current cultural and political climate," Zimmermann summarizes. This rigorous, forward-thinking intellectual treatise opens new space for religious humanism amid cacophonous secular, political, and religious debate. (Dec.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Richard Kearney holds the Charles H. Seelig Chair of Philosophy at Boston College. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Strangers, Gods, and Monsters , The God Who May Be , and Anatheism: Returning to God After God .

Jens Zimmermann holds the Canada Research Chair for Interpretation, Religion, and Culture at Trinity Western University. He has published widely on philosophy, theology, and literary theory. He is the author of Humanism and Religion: A Call for the Renewal of Western Culture and Hermeneutics: A Very Short Introduction .

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