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Religion and rationality : essays on reason, God, and modernity
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Religion and rationality : essays on reason, God, and modernity

Author: Jürgen Habermas; Eduardo Mendieta
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2002.
Series: Studies in contemporary German social thought.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st MIT Press edView all editions and formats
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"An illuminating collection of Habermas's writings on religious themes.... The anthology concludes with a fascinating interview in which the philosopher systematically clarifies his views on a variety of religious areas." -- Richard Wolin, "The Chronicle of Higher Education's Chronicle Review".
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jürgen Habermas; Eduardo Mendieta
ISBN: 0262083124 9780262083126 0262582163 9780262582162
OCLC Number: 50490226
Description: vii, 176 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The German idealism of the Jewish philosophers --
On the difficulty of saying no --
Transcendence from within, transcendence in this world --
To seek to salvage an unconditional meaning without God is a futile undertaking: reflections on a remark of Max Horkheimer --
Communicative freedom and negative theology: questions for Michael Theunissen --
Israel or Athens: where does anamnestic reason belong? Johannes Baptist Metz on unity and multicultural plurality --
Tracing the other of history in history: Gershom Scholem's Sabbati sevi --
A conversation about God and the world: interview with Eduardo Mendieta.
Series Title: Studies in contemporary German social thought.
Responsibility: Jürgen Habermas ; edited and with an introduction by Eduardo Mendieta.

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"An illuminating collection of Habermas's writings on religious themes.... The anthology concludes with a fascinating interview in which the philosopher systematically clarifies his views on a variety of religious areas." -- Richard Wolin, "The Chronicle of Higher Education's Chronicle Review".

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