Postmodernism and the revolution in religious theory: toward a semiotics of the event

Religion and the semiotic revolution -- Theory and the Deus evanescens: can there truly be a "science" of religion? -- Postmodernism and the return of the "religious" -- Radical religion in the "desert of the real" -- Bataille and Altizer: the sacrificial background of...

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Authors: Raschke, Carl A. 1944- (Author) ; Raschke, Carl Allan (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Charlottesville [u.a.] University of Virginia Press c 2012
In:Year: 2012
Series/Journal:Studies in religion and culture
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Religion / Theory
B Religious philosophy / The Postmodern
Further subjects:B Derrida, Jacques
B Žižek, Slavoj
B Badiou, Alain
B Postmodernism Religious aspects
B Semiotics Religious aspects
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Summary:Religion and the semiotic revolution -- Theory and the Deus evanescens: can there truly be a "science" of religion? -- Postmodernism and the return of the "religious" -- Radical religion in the "desert of the real" -- Bataille and Altizer: the sacrificial background of postmodern religious theory -- Levinas and the final à-dieu to theology -- Deleuze and nomadology -- Žižek and the failure of the subject -- Badiou and the prospects for theory -- Conclusion: toward a revival of religious theory
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-227) and index
ISBN:0813933064