Luther After Derrida - The Deconstructive Drive of Theology

In Luther after Derrida, Marisa Strizzi argues that Luther's theology has a significant deconstructive drive and, through the careful reading of texts, illustrates how this theology interacts with Derrida's thought.

List of contents

Part I. Tremors
I.1 Reading Luther after Derrida
I.2 A Certain Strategy
I.3 On Metaphysics
I.4 Deconstructive Readings
Part II. Subversion and Displacement
II.5 Knowing Otherwise
II.6 The posteriora Dei
II.7 Otherwise than Knowing
II.8 The Deus absconditus
Part III. Four Deconstructive Gaps
III.9 Sola scriptura: Nothing Outside the Text?
III.10 Sola fide: "Yes, yes..."
III.11 Sola gratia: The Aneconomy of the Gift
III.12 Solus Christus: Something Happens to God
Part IV. The Deconstructive Drive of Luther's Theology
IV.13 A happy exchange

About the author

Marisa Strizzi is professor of theology at the Ecumenical Network for Theological Education (REET) and at the Institute for Contextual Pastoral Studies (IPC) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Summary

In Luther after Derrida, Marisa Strizzi argues that Luther’s theology has a significant deconstructive drive and, through the thorough reading of texts, illustrates the ways in which such theology is interactive with the thought of Derrida.

Product details

• Authors: Marisa Strizzi
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2023
• EAN: 9781978713925
• ISBN: 978-1-978713-92-5
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; History of Ideas, Philosophy, RELIGION / Theology, RELIGION / Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction, Theology, Modern philosophy: since c 1800, Philosophy of religion