Title
The Paradox of Hope: Theology and the Problem of Nihilism
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Description
In contemporary public discourse, the supposedly comprehensive explanatory power of reason is used to justify a thoroughgoing suspicion of religion. In recent decades, the critiques of postmodernism have generated a different kind of suspicion by construing history as a process that is too arbitrary to be narrated--either by modern reason or by religion. In light of these developments, a question arises regarding the appropriate theological response to such forms of suspicion, both of which threaten not just religion but our sense of human agency as such.
Department
Theology
ISBN
9781608997701
Publication Date
2011
Embargo Period
8-29-2016
Publisher
Cascade Books
City
Eugene, Or
Keywords
Nihilism, Religion, Søren Kierkegaard, Postmodernism, Philosophy, Theology
Disciplines
History of Religions of Western Origin | Other Philosophy | Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Recommended Citation
Klassen, Justin, "The Paradox of Hope: Theology and the Problem of Nihilism" (2011). Faculty Books. 9.
https://scholarworks.bellarmine.edu/fac_book_gallery/9