Christianity after Christendom

What comes after the end of Christendom? Christianity has ceased to function as the dominant force in society and yet the Christian faith continues. How are we to understand Christianity in this ''after''? Bringing into conversation seven unorthodox or ''heretical'' continental philosophers, including Jan Patocka, Jean-Luc Nancy, Gianni Vattimo and John D. Caputo, Martin Koci re-centres the debates around philosophy''s so-called return to religion to address the current ''not-Christian, but not yet non-Christian'' culture. In the modern context of increasing secularization and pluralization, hristianity after Christendom boldly proposes that Christians must embrace the demise of Christianity as a meta-narrative and see their faith as an existential mode of being-in-the-world. Whilst not denying the religion''s history, this ''after'' of Christianity emancipates the discourse from the socio-historical focus on Christendom and introduces new perspectives on Christianity as an embodied religious tradition, as a way of being, even as a faithfulness to the world. In dialogue with a broad range of philosophical movements, including deconstruction, phenomenology, hermeneutics and postmodern critiques of religion, this is a timely examination of the present and future of post-Christendom Christianity.>

Préface
Bringing seven continental philosophers into conversation, Koci examines what Christianity means post-Christendom and offers new perspectives on the Christian faith as an existential mode of being-in-the-world.

Auteur
Martin Koci is Associate Professor at the Catholic University of Linz, Austria. He is author of Thinking Faith after Christianity (2020) and co-editor of Transforming the Theological Turn (2020).

Contenu
Introduction Part I: The Postmodern Ends of Christianity Chapter 1 Lost Credibility: Jean-François Lyotard's Critique of Meta-Narrative Chapter 2 Deconstruction: Jean-Luc Nancy and the Essence of Christianity Chapter 3 The Sense of the After: Jan Patocka and Post-Christian Epoch Part II: The Figures of the After Chapter 4 Weak Christianity: Gianni Vattimo Chapter 5 Christianity without Religion: John D. Caputo Chapter 6 Poetics of Anatheistic Christianity: Richard Kearney Part III: The Spirituality of Being in the World Chapter 7 Christianity Interrupted: A Theological Experiment of Lieven Boeve Chapter 8 Being Shaken Chapter 9 The Community of the Shaken Conclusion: Into the World Notes Index