God and the other : ethics and politics after the theological turn /
J. Aaron Simmons.
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.
- xii, 376 p. ; 23 cm.
- Indiana series in the philosophy of religion .
- Indiana series in the philosophy of religion. .
Partly a collection of essays published elsewhere between 2006 and 2010.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-364) and index.
The problem : Richard Rorty's critique of Emmanuel Levinas, or, Why continental ethics and philosophy of religion face political challenges -- Hearing divine commands and responding to the call of the other : a reading of Kierkegaard's Fear and trembling -- Bi-directional relationality : Levinasian readings of the Akedah and the (dynamic) ethical in Kierkegaard -- An ontology of constitutive responsibility : Kierkegaardian "transparency" and Levinasian "exposure" -- Levinasian subjectivity and political critique -- Mapping twists and "turns" : an introduction to the current debate and suggestions for moving forward -- Reconstructive separatism : on phenomenology and theology -- Is continental philosophy just Catholicism for atheists? : critique and kenosis -- The religious : maintaining the paradox : Wittgenstein and Kierkegaard on postmodern Christianity -- The political : politics as an ethico-religious task : reconsidering religion in the public square -- The epistemological : between trust and hope : justification in a deconstructive democracy -- The ethical : expansive relationality : Levinas, community, and climate change -- The ethico-political : following postmodern exemplars.