02291nam a22003734a 4500 ebr10211341 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060404s2007 enk sb 001 0 eng 2006011545 0754655814 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780754655817 (hardcover : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)290510161 BT83.8 .M53 2007eb 230/.046 21 Michener, Ronald T. Engaging deconstructive theology [electronic resource] / Ronald T. Michener. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007. xii, 264 p. Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies Includes erratum. Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-259) and index. Introduction and historical context -- Historical context : from modernism to postmodernism -- Deconstruction and its roots in Europe -- Jean-Fran�cois Lyotard : the dissolution of the metanarrative -- The deconstructionism of Jacques Derrida -- Michel Foucault : the end of man? -- Deconstruction in America -- Mark C. Taylor : embracing nihilism -- Richard Rorty : pragmatic postmodernism -- Deconstruction in Britain -- Don Cupitt : theological necrophilia -- Apologetic methodology in view of deconstructionist concerns -- Preliminary methodological considerations -- Christian appeals to deconstructionist concerns : lessons from the book of Acts -- Apologetic engagement and dialogue -- Apologetic imagination -- Apologetic groundwork : are any "foundations" possible? Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Theology. Deconstruction. Postmodernism Religious aspects Christianity. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10211341 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 126112 126112