Reading Derrida/thinking Paul : on justice
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Reading Derrida/thinking Paul : on justice
（Cultural memory in the present）
Stanford University Press, 2006
- : pbk
- : cloth
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Note
"Notes": p. [177]-209
"Bibliography": p. [211]-216
Includes index
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0512/2005013562.html
Description and Table of Contents
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This book explores the interweaving of several of Derrida's characteristic concerns with themes that Paul explores in Romans. It argues that the central concern of Romans is with the question of justice, a justice that must be thought outside of law on the basis of grace or gift. The many perplexities that arise from thus trying to think justice outside of law are clarified by reading Derrida on such themes as justice and law, gift and exchange, duty and debt, hospitality, cosmopolitanism, and pardon.
This interweaving of Paul and Derrida shows that Paul may be read as a thinker who wrestles with real problems that are of concern to anyone who thinks. It also shows that Derrida, far from being the enemy of theological reflection, is himself a necessary companion to the thinking of the biblical theologian. Against the grain of what passes for common wisdom this book argues that both Derrida and Paul are indispensable guides to a new way of thinking about justice.
Table of Contents
@fmct:Contents @toc4:Text References iii Preface iii @toc2:1 Introduction--The Question of Justice ion Paul and Derrida 000 2 Justice Beyond the Law 000 3 Force, Violence and the Cross 000 4 Justice as Gift 000 5 Duty Beyond Debt or the Obedience of Faith 000 6 Hospitality, Ethics and Politics 000 7 Pardon 000 8 Conclusion: The Faith of Deconstruction 000 @toc4:Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000
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