Thomas J. J. Altizer is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is the author of a number of books, including History as Apocalypse (published by SUNY Press), The Genesis of God: A Theological Genealogy, Radical Theology and the Death of God (with William Hamilton), The Self-Embodiment of God, and The Descent Into Hell: A Study of the Radical Reversal of the Christian...