John D. Caputo

If you no longer believe in God, the Supreme Being of classical theology, or you never did in the first place, is there anything you still ought to believe, anything you should cherish unconditionally, no matter what? In this lively and accessible book, addressed to believers, "recovering" believers, disbelievers, nonbelievers, and "nones" alike—to anyone in search of what they really...

Religion is making itself unbelievable—scandal-ridden, antiscientific, authoritarian, and reactionary. Can religion be saved? Is it even worth saving? Can religion be saved not just from its critics but from itself? A Radical God by John D. Caputo proposes a radical alternative—what he calls "religion’s last stand"—by turning to theopoetics. In the traditional account, theopoetics calls for approaching God poetically because...

Religion is making itself unbelievable—scandal-ridden, antiscientific, authoritarian, and reactionary. Can religion be saved? Is it even worth saving? Can religion be saved not just from its critics but from itself? John D. Caputo proposes a radical alternative—what he calls religion’s last stand—by turning to theopoetics. In the traditional account, theopoetics calls for approaching God poetically because God transcends human language....

Renowned thinker John D. Caputo has spent his career recasting theology and philosophy for a new world. In Hermeneutics, he explores the cross-disciplinary world of modern hermeneutics, blazing a new trail in the most modern of fields. Is anything ever not an interpretation? Does interpretation go all the way down? Is there such a thing as a pure fact that...