Engaging deconstructive theology

Michener, Ronald T.

Engaging deconstructive theology [electronic resource] / Ronald T. Michener. - Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007. - 1 online resource (xii, 264 p.) - Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies . - Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies. .

Includes erratum.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-259) and index.

Introduction and historical context -- Historical context : from modernism to postmodernism -- Deconstruction and its roots in Europe -- Jean-François Lyotard : the dissolution of the metanarrative -- The deconstructionism of Jacques Derrida -- Michel Foucault : the end of man? -- Deconstruction in America -- Mark C. Taylor : embracing nihilism -- Richard Rorty : pragmatic postmodernism -- Deconstruction in Britain -- Don Cupitt : theological necrophilia -- Apologetic methodology in view of deconstructionist concerns -- Preliminary methodological considerations -- Christian appeals to deconstructionist concerns : lessons from the book of Acts -- Apologetic engagement and dialogue -- Apologetic imagination -- Apologetic groundwork : are any "foundations" possible?

075468444X (electronic bk.) 9780754684442 (electronic bk.)


Deconstruction.
Postmodernism--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Theology.
Postmodernism.


Electronic books.

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