{"product_id":"paul-and-the-philosophers-9780823249657","title":"Paul and the Philosophers","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe apostle Paul has reemerged as a force on the contemporary philosophical scene. Some of the most powerful recent affirmations of nonrepresentational, materialist, and event-oriented philosophies repeat topics and tropes of the ancient apostle. Paul is appropriated both for and against Kantian cosmopolitanism, psychoanalytic models of subjectivity and power, Schmittian political theologies, Derridean messianism, political universalism, and an ongoing refashioning of identity politics within postsecular contexts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book provides the most comprehensive constellation to date of current thinking about Paul and his cultural or philosophical \"afterlives\" in ancient, modern, and contemporary contexts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWard Blanton is a Reader in Biblical Cultures and European Thought in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Kent. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDisplacing Christian Origins: Philosophy, Secularity, and the New Testament \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e A Materialism for the Masses: Saint Paul and the Philosophy of Undying Life\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHent de Vries is Professor in the Humanities Center and the Department of Philosophy at the Johns Hopkins University, where he holds Russ Family Chair and serves as the Director of the Humanities Center. He is currently also a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and, from 2014 to 2018, he will serve as the next Director of the School of Criticism and Theory, at Cornell University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328970690834,"sku":"9780823249657","price":52.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ef451b13-a984-4ce0-a31f-b2ca6f1cad5d.jpg?v=1727756066","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/paul-and-the-philosophers-9780823249657","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}