I’ve done two main blog series on Derrida so far: Landing Page for Posts on Martin Heidegger and Jacques Derrida on the Philosophy of Death and (INDEX) My Blog Series on the Anthology by and About John Caputo: Cross and Khora Now I’m moving on to his anthology “Acts of Religion.” Religious is an interesting … Announcing New Blog Series: Jacques Derrida’s Acts of Religion

What is Postmodern Philosophy?  Postmodernism is what you get when you deconstruct the modern-Cartesian foundation of truth as certainty, free from doubt, to see it is not absolute but receives its privilege from Christianity from Thomas to Luther, because what had to be certain as free from doubt in that context was the salvation of … Reflections on my now Completed Caputo Blog Series: Jesus and Postmodern Philosophy

THE POSTS There are many different paths in the Jesus tradition, and so we have Jesus on the cross in Mark begging God to save him but keeping trust in God’s plan and faithfulness. By contrast, in Luke-Acts we have the condemned Jesus and Stephen, not begging God to send a legion of angels to … (INDEX) My Blog Series on the Anthology by and About John Caputo: Cross and Khora

If we look to the story of the prodigal son, we see both a case against substitutionary atonement, and a case for it.  On the one hand, we have a remorseful prodigal and a father who forgives without punishment, but at the same time we still have the offended protests of the good brother who … Conclusion: Encountering Caputo’s Cross and Khora

I am coming to the end of the anthology on and by Philosopher John Caputo. The key emphasis seems to be beyond substitutionary atonement to focus on loving widow, orphan. stranger and enemy as more important than self, and so in Luke-Acts Jesus and Stephen not only end their wrongful deaths with prayers for themselves … Religion and Phenomenology with Buckley and Caputo

We often wonder to what extent punishment is vengeance rather than justice.  Glazebrook suggests Yet punishment cannot undo harm. A jail sentence does not unrape the victim. A better world is not one wherein all crimes are paid for, but one in which harm-generating activities like crime are no longer one’s best option. The impossible, … Caputo and Glazebrook on Trying to Appease God’s Wrath vs Focus on Love of Undesirables

I’m continuing my reading of the Caputo anthology Cross and Khora, which is the first book in the Postmodernism and Ethics series that was left unfinished after David Goicoechea died. The deconstructive reading points to a context without privileging that context vs others.  So, you may read in an “author intention” context, trying to get … Caputo and Huntington on the Economy of Religion

As I’ve noted previously, traditionally, such as in the Gorgias, the Greeks saw Being as presence, and so we see houseness is “present” with the house.  But Derrida’s point is that presence is not just in itself, but is qualified (e.g., “merely present”).  Moreover, Being is going to presence according to various degrees of Beauty, … Plato, Aristotle, Heidegger and Derrida with the Postmodernism in Différance

I have been working on this long series of the Caputo postmodern religious anthology Cross and Khora. Today, let’s begin with the holy atheist, Have you ever wondered about all the potential mates you’ve had in your life why they thought you were great but didn’t love you back.  Clearly, you can’t will yourself to … The Holy Atheist: John Caputo and the Dark Night of the Soul

Kearney notes “The experience of God,” writes Caputo, “is to ‘see’ the hand of God in the course of things . . . to find a loving hand, a providential care where others see chance, so that when things happen they happen as a gift, not fortuitously but gratuitously . . . the gift is … Caputo with the Experience of God and Science.