Description
The Insistence of God presents the provocative idea that God does not exist, God insists, while God's existence is a human responsibility, which may or may not happen. For John D. Caputo, God's existence is haunted by perhaps, which does not signify indecisiveness but an openness to risk, to the unforeseeable. Perhaps constitutes a theology of what is to come and what we cannot see coming. Responding to current critics of continental philosophy, Caputo explores the materiality of perhaps and the promise of the world. He shows how perhaps can become a new theology of the gaps God opens.
Author: John D. Caputo
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 09/13/2013
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780253010070
ISBN10: 0253010071
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Religious
- Religion | Philosophy
- Religion | Christian Theology | General
About the Author
John D. Caputo is Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion Emeritus at Syracuse University and the David R. Cook Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Villanova University. He is author of The Weakness of God (IUP, 2006), which won the American Academy of Religion's Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in the Constructive-Reflective Studies category.