Introduction: Believing That One Believes Chapter 1. The God Who Is Dead Chapter 2. The Teachings of Joachim of Fiore Chapter 3. God the Ornament Chapter 4. History of Salvation, History of Interpretation Chapter 5. The West or Christianity Chapter 6. The Death or Transfiguration of Religion Chapter 7. Christianity and Cultural Conflicts in Europe Chapter 8. The Christian Message and the Dissolution of Metaphysics Chapter 9. Violence, Metaphysics, and Christianity Chapter 10. Heidegger and Christian Existence
What has been the fate of Christianity since Nietzsche's famous announcement of the "death of God"? What is the possibility of religion, specifically Christianity, thriving in our postmodern era? In this provocative new book, Gianni Vattimo, leading Italian philosopher, politician, and framer of the European constitution, addresses these critical questions. His compelling arguments about secularization as the fulfillment of the Christian message, Nietzsche's thesis as concerning only the "moral god", the postmodern condition in light of Joachim of Fiore's thesis concerning the "Spiritual Age" of history, and the relativity of the "real", pave the way for religion and God to become a serious topic for philosophy again.
Gianni Vattimo is a member of the European Parliament. He teaches hermeneutic philosophy at the University of Turin. His books in English include The End of Modernity, The Transparent Society, Consequences of Hermeneutics, Beyond Interpretation, and Belief.
"This volume presents a philosophical inquiry as well as a personal account of the way in whcih the author recovered his faith through the works of Nietzsche and Heidegger." -- Journal of Contemporary Religion "Vattimo can certainly sling it with the best of his fellow European philosophes." -- San Francisco Bay Guardian "In this remarkable book, Gianni Vattimo engages in an unyielding analysis of the state of life in the West after Christianity." -- W. David Hall, Journal of Religion "
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