| The Rebellious No: Variations on a Secular Theology of Language Contributor(s): Vahanian, Noëlle (Author) |
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ISBN: 0823256952 ISBN-13: 9780823256952 Publisher: Fordham University Press OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Theology - Philosophy | Religious |
| Dewey: 210.14 |
| LCCN: 2013044769 |
| Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy (Hardcover Unnumbered) |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9" (0.85 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book aims to renew theological thinking by extending and radicalizing an iconoclastic and existentialist mode of thought. It proposes a theology whose point of departure assumes and accepts the critiques of religion launched by Nietzsche, Freud, Marx, and Feuerbach but nevertheless takes theological desire seriously as a rebellious force working within, but against, an anthropomorphic, phallogocentric worldview. As a theology of language, it does not claim any privileged access to some transcendent divine essence or ground of Being. On the contrary, for Noelle Vahanian theology is a strictly secular discourse, like any other discourse, but aware of its limitations and wary of great promises--its own included. Its faith is that this secular theological desire can be a force against the constitutive indifference of thought, and it is a meditative act of rebellion. Aphoristic instead of argumentative, this book offers an original and constructive engagement with such seminal issues as indifference, belief, madness, and love. |
Contributor Bio(s): Vahanian, Noelle: - Noëlle Vahanian is Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Lebanon Valley |
