A Disorder of Identity: Religious Difference ‘without’ ‘Religion’: The Deconstruction of ‘Religion(s)’

Responding to Paul Hedges’ paper earlier in this volume, I discuss the consequences of the deconstruction of ‘religion’ for the ‘interreligious.’ First, I bring Paul Hedges’ ‘soft’ deconstruction into conversation with John Thatamanil’s comparative theology ‘after’ religion. While the former argues...

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Published in:Exchange
Main Author: van Hoogstraten, Marius (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill 2018
In: Exchange
IxTheo Classification:AA Study of religion
AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AX Inter-religious relations
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
Further subjects:B Deconstruction interreligious studies religion religious difference Jacques Derrida John Caputo
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