Title: Paul in the grip of the philosophers : the apostle and contemporary Continental philosophy /
Authors: Frick, Peter.; Crowe, Benjamin D., 1976-; Boer, Roland, 1961-; Welborn, L. L., 1953-; Ruin, Hans.; Sciglitano, Anthony C.,; Depoortere, Frederiek; Gignac, Alain, 1964-; Blanton, Ward.; Elliott, Neil, 1956-; Sciglitano, Anthony C.
Publisher: Fortress Press,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Paul,; Religion Philosophy
Abstract: "One of the remarkable developments in the contemporary study of Paul is the dramatic interest in his thought amongst European philosophers. This collection of insights from leading scholars makes accessible a discussion often elusive to those not already conversant in the categories of European philosophy" -- Publisher description.
Contents: Paul in the grip of continental philosophers: what is at stake? / Peter Frick -- Nietzsche: the archetype of Pauline deconstruction / Peter Frick -- Heidegger on the apostle Paul / Benjamin Crowe -- Paul of the gaps: Agamben, Benjamin and the puppet player / Roland Boer -- Jacob Taubes - Paulinist, Messianist / Larry L. Welborn -- Circumcising the Word: Derrida as a reader of Paul / Hans Ruin -- Gianni Vattimo and Saint Paul: ontological weakening, kenosis, and secularity / Anthony C. Sciglitano Jr. -- Badiou's Paul: founder of universalism and theoretician of the militant / Frederiek Depoortere -- Agamben's Paul: thinker of the Messianic / Alain Gignac -- Mad with the love of undead life: understanding Paul and Žižek / Ward Blanton -- The philosophers' Paul and the Churches / Neil Elliott.