After Christianity /

What has been the fate of Christianity since Nietzsche's famous announcement of the ""death of God""? What is the possibility of religion, specifically Christianity, thriving in our postmodern era? In this provocative new book, Gianni Vattimo, leading Italian philosopher, po...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vattimo, Gianni, 1936-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Italian
Published: New York : Columbia University Press ©2002.
Series:Italian Academy lectures.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/vatt10628
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Believing That One Believes; 1. The God Who Is Dead; 2. The Teachings of Joachim of Fiore; 3. God the Ornament; 4. History of Salvation, History of Interpretation; 5. The War on Christianity; 6. The Death or Transfiguration of Religion; 7. Christianity and Cultural Conflicts in Europe; 8. The Christian Message and the Dissolution of Metaphysics; 9. Violence, Metaphysics, and Christianity; 10. Heidegger and Christian Existence; Notes; Index.