Post-Secular Philosophy

<p>From Nietzsche to the present, the Western philosophical tradition has been dominated by a secular thinking that has dismissed discussion of God as largely irrelevant. In recent years however, the issue of theology has returned to spark some of the most controversial debates within contemporary philosophy. Discussions of theology by key contemporary philosophers such as Derrida and Levinas have placed religion at centre stage.<br><em>Post-Secular Philosophy</em> is one of the first volumes to consider how God has been approached by modern philosophers and consider the links between theology and postmodern thought. Fifteen accessible essays present a clear and compelling picture of how key thinkers including Descartes, Nietzsche, Freud, Wittgenstein, Heidegger and Derrida have made God a central part of their thinking. Each philosopher and how they have approached and criticised theology is placed in a clear historical context.<br>Placing the collection in context with Phillip Blond's outstanding introduction, <em>Post-Secular Philosophy</em> presents a fascinating discussion of the alternatives to the relativism and nihilism that dominate Western thinking.</p> Introduction: Theology before philosophy 1 Descartes and onto-theology 2 Kant and the Kingdom 3 Logic and spirit in Hegel 4 The sublime in Kierkegaard 5 Nietzsche and the metamorphosis of the divine 6 Heidegger and the problem of onto-theology 7 Emmanuel Levinas: God and phenomenology 8 The theological project of Jean-Luc Marion 9 Metaphysics and magic: Wittgenstein’s kink 10 Jacques Derrida: The God effect 11 Freud’s God 12 Lacan and theology 13 Kristeva’s feminist refiguring of the gift 14 Luce Irigaray: Divine spirit and feminine space 15 Jean Baudrillard: Seducing God