| Description |
[188] p. ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Short circuits
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| Summary |
He critically confronts both predominant versions of today's spirituality--New Age gnosticism and deconstructionist-Levinasian Judaism--and then tries to redeem the "materialist" kernel of Christianity. His reading of Christianity is explicitly political, discerning in the Pauline community of believers the first version of a revolutionary collective. Since today even advocates of Enlightenment like Jurgen Habermas acknowledge that a religious vision is needed to ground our ethical and political stance in a "postsecular" age, this book--with a stance that is clearly materialist and at the same time indebted to the core of the Christian legacy--is certain to stir controversy. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-[188]. |
| Contents |
When East meets West -- The "thrilling romance of orthodoxy' -- The swerve of the real -- From law to love ... and back -- Subtraction, Jewish and Christian -- Ideology today. |
| Subject |
Christianity -- Essence, genius, nature.
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Historical materialism.
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| ISBN |
0262740257 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780262740258 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
UKM bA3U6170 |
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NLGGC 249065754 |
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YDXCP 1990270 |
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NZ1 7672812 |
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AU@ 000024623959 |
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IG# 9780262740258 |
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