Postmodernism and the revolution in religious theory toward a semiotics of the event / Carl Raschke.

Author/creator Raschke, Carl A.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCharlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press,
Descriptionx, 235 p. ; 24 cm.
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SeriesStudies in religion and culture
Contents Religion and the semiotic revolution -- Theory and the Deus evanescens: can there truly be a "science" of religion? -- Postmodernism and the return of the "religious" -- Radical religion in the "desert of the real" -- Bataille and Altizer: the sacrificial background of postmodern religious theory -- Levinas and the final à-dieu to theology -- Deleuze and nomadology -- Žižek and the failure of the subject -- Badiou and the prospects for theory -- Conclusion: toward a revival of religious theory.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [213]-227) and index.
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LCCN 2012009485
ISBN9780813933061 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813933078 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813933085 (e-book)