Postmodernism and the revolution in religious theory : toward a semiotics of the event /

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Author / Creator:Raschke, Carl A.
Imprint:Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012.
Description:x, 235 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Studies in religion and culture
Studies in religion and culture (Charlottesville, Va.)
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8926863
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ISBN:9780813933061 (cloth : alk. paper)
0813933064 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813933078 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813933072 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813933085 (e-book)
0813933080 (e-book)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Religion and the semiotic revolution
  • Theory and the Deus evanescens: can there truly be a "science" of religion?
  • Postmodernism and the return of the "religious"
  • Radical religion in the "desert of the real"
  • Bataille and Altizer: the sacrificial background of postmodern religious theory
  • Levinas and the final à-dieu to theology
  • Deleuze and nomadology
  • Žižek and the failure of the subject
  • Badiou and the prospects for theory
  • Conclusion: toward a revival of religious theory.