Agnosis: Theology in the Void

Pattison, G.

Can theology still operate in the void of post-theism? In attempting to answer this question Agnosis examines the concept of the void itself, tracing a history of nothingness from Augustine through Kierkegaard and Nietzsche to Bataille and Derrida, and dialoguing with Japan's Kyoto School philosophers. It is argued that neither Augustinian nor post-Hegelian metaphysics have given a satisfactory understanding of nothingness and that we must look to an experience of nothingness as the best ground for future religious life and thought.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1996-11-20

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333638644

DOI: 10.1057/9780230379374

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 195