Adoration: The Deconstruction of Christianity II

by Jean-Luc Nancy

Book Overview

This second volume in Nancy's The Deconstruction of Christianity explores the stance or bearing that would be appropriate for us now, in the wake of the dis-enclosure of religion and the retreat of God: that of adoration.

Adoration is stretched out toward things, but without phenomenological intention. In our present historical time, we have come to see relation itself as the divine. The address and exclamation--the salut --that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823242951
• ISBN13: 9780823242955
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"