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Christianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith : A Dialogue / Gianni Vattimo, René Girard; ed. by Pierpaolo Antonello.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (136 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231148283
  • 9780231520416
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 261.2/1 22
LOC classification:
  • BR100 .V3513 2010
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- NOTE ON THE TEXT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. CHRISTIANITY AND MODERNITY -- 2. FAITH AND RELATIVISM -- 3. HERMENEUTICS, AUTHORITY, TRADITION -- 4. HEIDEGGER AND GIRARD -- 5. NOT JUST INTERPRETATIONS, THERE ARE FACTS, TOO -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Summary: The debate over the place of religion in secular, democratic societies dominates philosophical and intellectual discourse. These arguments often polarize around simplistic reductions, making efforts at reconciliation impossible. Yet more rational stances do exist, positions that broker a peace between relativism and religion in people's public, private, and ethical lives.Christianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith advances just such a dialogue, featuring the collaboration of two major philosophers known for their progressive approach to this issue. Seeking unity over difference, Gianni Vattimo and René Girard turn to Max Weber, Eric Auerbach, and Marcel Gauchet, among others, in their exploration of truth and liberty, relativism and faith, and the tensions of a world filled with new forms of religiously inspired violence. Vattimo and Girard ultimately conclude that secularism and the involvement (or lack thereof) of religion in governance are, in essence, produced by Christianity. In other words, Christianity is "the religion of the exit from religion," and democracy, civil rights, the free market, and individual freedoms are all facilitated by Christian culture. Through an exchange that is both intimate and enlightening, Vattimo and Girard share their unparalleled insight into the relationships among religion, modernity, and the role of Christianity, especially as it exists in our multicultural world.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- NOTE ON THE TEXT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. CHRISTIANITY AND MODERNITY -- 2. FAITH AND RELATIVISM -- 3. HERMENEUTICS, AUTHORITY, TRADITION -- 4. HEIDEGGER AND GIRARD -- 5. NOT JUST INTERPRETATIONS, THERE ARE FACTS, TOO -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY

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The debate over the place of religion in secular, democratic societies dominates philosophical and intellectual discourse. These arguments often polarize around simplistic reductions, making efforts at reconciliation impossible. Yet more rational stances do exist, positions that broker a peace between relativism and religion in people's public, private, and ethical lives.Christianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith advances just such a dialogue, featuring the collaboration of two major philosophers known for their progressive approach to this issue. Seeking unity over difference, Gianni Vattimo and René Girard turn to Max Weber, Eric Auerbach, and Marcel Gauchet, among others, in their exploration of truth and liberty, relativism and faith, and the tensions of a world filled with new forms of religiously inspired violence. Vattimo and Girard ultimately conclude that secularism and the involvement (or lack thereof) of religion in governance are, in essence, produced by Christianity. In other words, Christianity is "the religion of the exit from religion," and democracy, civil rights, the free market, and individual freedoms are all facilitated by Christian culture. Through an exchange that is both intimate and enlightening, Vattimo and Girard share their unparalleled insight into the relationships among religion, modernity, and the role of Christianity, especially as it exists in our multicultural world.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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