After the Death of God

John D. Caputo is Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Humanities and professor of philosophy at Syracuse University and the David R. Cook Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Villanova University. His most recent books are The Weakness of God: A Theology of the Event and Philosophy and Theology.Gianni Vattimo is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Turin and a member of the European Parliament. His books with Columbia University Press are Christianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith: A Dialogue (with Rene Girard), Not Being God: A Collaborative Autobiography, Art's Claim to Truth, After the Death of God, Dialogue with Nietzsche, The Future of Religion (with Richard Rorty), Nihilism and Emancipation: Ethics, Politics, and the Law, and After Christianity.Jeffrey W. Robbins is associate professor of religion and philosophy at Lebanon Valley College.

• Acknowledgments Introduction: After the Death of God, by Jeffrey W. Robbins 1. Toward a Nonreligious Christianity, by Gianni Vattimo Spectral Hermeneutics: On the Weakness of God and the Theology of the Event, by John D. Caputo 2. A Prayer for Silence: Dialogue with Gianni Vattimo On the Power of the Powerless: Dialogue with John D. Caputo 3. The Death of God: A Deconstruction, by Gabriel Vahanian Notes Index