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Christianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith: A Dialogue
Gianni Vattimo
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Description for Christianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith: A Dialogue
Hardback. Editor(s): Antonello, Pierpaolo. Translator(s): McCuaig, William. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 187 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 236.
The debate over the place of religion in secular, democratic societies dominates philosophical and intellectual discourse. These arguments often polarize around simplistic reductions, making efforts at reconciliation impossible. Yet more rational stances do exist, positions that broker a peace between relativism and religion in people's public, private, and ethical lives. Christianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith advances just such a dialogue, featuring the collaboration of two major philosophers known for their progressive approach to this issue. Seeking unity over difference, Gianni Vattimo and Rene Girard turn to Max Weber, Eric Auerbach, and Marcel Gauchet, among others, in their exploration of ... Read more
The debate over the place of religion in secular, democratic societies dominates philosophical and intellectual discourse. These arguments often polarize around simplistic reductions, making efforts at reconciliation impossible. Yet more rational stances do exist, positions that broker a peace between relativism and religion in people's public, private, and ethical lives. Christianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith advances just such a dialogue, featuring the collaboration of two major philosophers known for their progressive approach to this issue. Seeking unity over difference, Gianni Vattimo and Rene Girard turn to Max Weber, Eric Auerbach, and Marcel Gauchet, among others, in their exploration of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
235g
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231148283
SKU
V9780231148283
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About Gianni Vattimo
Gianni Vattimo is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Turin and a member of the European Parliament. His books with Columbia University Press are Christianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith: A Dialogue (with Rene Girard), Not Being God: A Collaborative Autobiography, Art's Claim to Truth, After the Death of God, Dialogue with Nietzsche, The Future of Religion (with Richard ... Read more
Reviews for Christianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith: A Dialogue
Christianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith truly marks an important set of occasions in which two of today's most prominent and perhaps controversial thinkers on Christianity engage each other's thoughts. The glaring question is: How could such a dialogue not set into violent conflict the factual approach of the anthropologist Girard and the hermeneutic approach of the nihilist Vattimo? It seems ... Read more