John D. Caputo is David R. Cook Chair ofPhilosophy at Villanova University. He is author of The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida, Against Ethics, and Demythologizing Heidegger.

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Apology for the Impossible: Religion and Postmodernism JohnD. Caputo and Michael J. Scanlon1. In the Name: How to Avoid Speaking of 'Negative Theology' Jean-LucMarionResponse by Jacques Derrida2. On the Gift: A Discussion between Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc MarionModerated by Richard Kearney3. Loose Canons: Augustine and Derrida on Their Selves Robert DodaroDiscussion4. Desire of God Richard KearneyDiscussion5. Overcoming Onto-theology Merold WestphalDiscussion6. Fragments: The Spiritual Situation of Our Times David TracyDiscussion7. Apostles of the Impossible: On God and the Gift in Derrida and MarionJohn D. Caputo8. A Deconstruction of Religion: On Derrida and Rahner Michael J. Scanlon9. Betting on Vegas Mark C. TaylorDiscussion10. Eating the Text, Defiling the Hands: Specters in Arnold Schoenberg'sOpera Moses and Aron Edith Wyschogrod11. Revisiting the Body: Virginity Secularized Frangoise Meltzer12. Our Own Faces in Deep Wells: A Future for Historical Jesus ResearchJohn Dominic CrossanContributorsIndex