Watkin, Christopher creator author. text bibliography nju 2017 2017 monographic eng

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xxx, 148 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. One of the most important thinkers of our time, Jacques Derrida continues to have a profound influence on postmodern thought and society. Christopher Watkin explains Derrida's complex philosophy with clarity and precision, showing not only what Derrida says about metaphysics, ethics, politics, and theology but also what assumptions and commitments underlie his positions. He then brings Derrida into conversation with Reformed theology through the lens of John 1:1-18, examining both similarities and differences between Derrida and the Bible. Learn why Derrida says what he says and how Christians can receive and respond to his writing in a balanced, biblical way that is truly beneficial to cultural engagement. -- Why Derrida matters today -- The structure and approach of this book -- Derrida's Thought: What is deconstruction: Not meaninglessness but openness -- Logocentrism and phonocentrism -- There is nothing outside the text -- Differance -- Deconstruction is not just another way of reading Ethics and politics: The mystical foundation of authority -- Not relativism but incommensurability -- Every other is wholly other -- Language and violence Theology: I rightly pass for an Atheist -- The God of Ontotheology -- Messianicity without Messianism A Reformed assessment of Derrida's Thought: Derrida and Van Til: A Chapter waiting to be written: Frame's Reformed readings and misreadings of Derrida -- Derida's style and Van Tilian "Epistemological Self-Consciousness" Derrida and Van Til in the light of John 1:1 - 18: The Creator-Creature distinction and "There is nothing outside the text" -- Absolute peronality Theism and Ontotheology -- Trinity, Differance and "Every other is wholly other" -- Accommodation, language and violence -- Brute facts., the transcendental signified and Idolatry -- Gift, recognition and praise -- Predestination and Messianicity without Messianism -- Union with Christ and "I am just" Christopher Watkin ; foreword by Merold Westphal. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Derrida, Jacques Van Til, Cornelius 1895-1987 Derrida, Jacques Van Til, Cornelius 1895-1987 Deconstruction Philosophy and religion Christian philosophy D�econstruction Philosophie chr�etienne Deconstructivist Christian philosophy Deconstruction Philosophy and religion B2430.D484 W38 2017 194 9781629952277 1629952273 2017016902 PUL 170726 20230111091333.0 ocn999308956 eng