TY  - BOOK
AU  - Watkin,Christopher
TI  - Jacques Derrida
T2  - Great thinkers
SN  - 9781629952277
AV  - B2430.D484 W38 2017
U1  - 194 23
KW  - Derrida, Jacques.
KW  - Van Til, Cornelius,
KW  - Deconstruction
KW  - Philosophy and religion
KW  - Christian philosophy
KW  - D�econstruction
KW  - Philosophie chr�etienne
KW  - Deconstructivist
KW  - aat
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; 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"
N2  - 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. --
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