Robyn Horner is Associate Professor within the School of Theology, Australian Catholic University, Australia.Claude Romano is Associate Professor at Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV), France, and Professorial Fellow at the Australian Catholic University, Australia.

• Table of Contents List of Contributors Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Atheism, Faith and Experience, Claude Romano (Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV), France) and Robyn Horner (Australian Catholic University, Australia) PART I The Experience of AtheismChapter 2. Atheistic Experience, Jean-Luc Nancy (University of Strasbourg, France) Chapter 3. Desire and Inertia, Jeffrey Bloechl (Boston College, USA) Chapter 4. No Gods, No Masters – Anarchism and Religious Experience, Catherine Malabou (Kingston University, UK) Chapter 5. Nothingness Against the Death of God – Mallarmé’s Poetics after 1866, Quentin Meillassoux (University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, France) Chapter 6. There is no Experience of Pure Atheism: Michel Serres and the Schema of Unbelief, Christopher Watkin (Monash University, Melbourne, Australia) PART II The Atheisms of FaithChapter 7. Theism, Atheism, Anatheism, Richard Kearney (Boston College, USA) Chapter 8. Apocalypse or Revelation? Emmanuel Falque (Catholic Institute of Paris, France) Chapter 9. Atheism and Critique, Anthony Steinbock (Stony Brook University, USA)PART III The Phenomenality of the ReligiousChapter 10: The Death of God: Sartre against Heidegger, Philippe Cabestan (Husserl Archives, Paris)Chapter 11. Materialism, Social Construction, and Radical Empiricism: Debating the Status of ‘Experience’ in the Study of Religion, Tamsin Jones (Trinity College, USA)Chapter 12. Atheism, Religion, Experience, (and Metaphysics?), Patrick Masterson (University College Dublin, Ireland)Chapter 13. On Seeing Nothing: A Critique of Marion’s Account of Religious Phenomenality, Christina M. Gschwandtner (Fordham University, USA) Chapter 14. Doubling Metaphysics, Jean-Luc Marion, (University of Chicago Divinity School, USA, and Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV, France)Index

The Experience of Atheism is an interesting and rewarding text that lives up to its name and intent … A welcome response to the experience of God, life and reality that people have today.

Robyn Horner is Associate Professor within the School of Theology, Australian Catholic University, Australia.Claude Romano is Associate Professor at Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV), France, and Professorial Fellow at the Australian Catholic University, Australia.

• Table of Contents List of Contributors Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Atheism, Faith and Experience, Claude Romano (Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV), France) and Robyn Horner (Australian Catholic University, Australia) PART I The Experience of AtheismChapter 2. Atheistic Experience, Jean-Luc Nancy (University of Strasbourg, France) Chapter 3. Desire and Inertia, Jeffrey Bloechl (Boston College, USA) Chapter 4. No Gods, No Masters – Anarchism and Religious Experience, Catherine Malabou (Kingston University, UK) Chapter 5. Nothingness Against the Death of God – Mallarmé’s Poetics after 1866, Quentin Meillassoux (University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, France) Chapter 6. There is no Experience of Pure Atheism: Michel Serres and the Schema of Unbelief, Christopher Watkin (Monash University, Melbourne, Australia) PART II The Atheisms of FaithChapter 7. Theism, Atheism, Anatheism, Richard Kearney (Boston College, USA) Chapter 8. Apocalypse or Revelation? Emmanuel Falque (Catholic Institute of Paris, France) Chapter 9. Atheism and Critique, Anthony Steinbock (Stony Brook University, USA)PART III The Phenomenality of the ReligiousChapter 10: The Death of God: Sartre against Heidegger, Philippe Cabestan (Husserl Archives, Paris)Chapter 11. Materialism, Social Construction, and Radical Empiricism: Debating the Status of ‘Experience’ in the Study of Religion, Tamsin Jones (Trinity College, USA)Chapter 12. Atheism, Religion, Experience, (and Metaphysics?), Patrick Masterson (University College Dublin, Ireland)Chapter 13. On Seeing Nothing: A Critique of Marion’s Account of Religious Phenomenality, Christina M. Gschwandtner (Fordham University, USA) Chapter 14. Doubling Metaphysics, Jean-Luc Marion, (University of Chicago Divinity School, USA, and Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV, France)Index

The Experience of Atheism is an interesting and rewarding text that lives up to its name and intent … A welcome response to the experience of God, life and reality that people have today.

Robyn Horner is Associate Professor within the School of Theology, Australian Catholic University, Australia.Claude Romano is Associate Professor at Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV), France, and Professorial Fellow at the Australian Catholic University, Australia.

• Table of Contents List of Contributors Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Atheism, Faith and Experience, Claude Romano (Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV), France) and Robyn Horner (Australian Catholic University, Australia) PART I The Experience of AtheismChapter 2. Atheistic Experience, Jean-Luc Nancy (University of Strasbourg, France) Chapter 3. Desire and Inertia, Jeffrey Bloechl (Boston College, USA) Chapter 4. No Gods, No Masters – Anarchism and Religious Experience, Catherine Malabou (Kingston University, UK) Chapter 5. Nothingness Against the Death of God – Mallarmé’s Poetics after 1866, Quentin Meillassoux (University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, France) Chapter 6. There is no Experience of Pure Atheism: Michel Serres and the Schema of Unbelief, Christopher Watkin (Monash University, Melbourne, Australia) PART II The Atheisms of FaithChapter 7. Theism, Atheism, Anatheism, Richard Kearney (Boston College, USA) Chapter 8. Apocalypse or Revelation? Emmanuel Falque (Catholic Institute of Paris, France) Chapter 9. Atheism and Critique, Anthony Steinbock (Stony Brook University, USA)PART III The Phenomenality of the ReligiousChapter 10: The Death of God: Sartre against Heidegger, Philippe Cabestan (Husserl Archives, Paris)Chapter 11. Materialism, Social Construction, and Radical Empiricism: Debating the Status of ‘Experience’ in the Study of Religion, Tamsin Jones (Trinity College, USA)Chapter 12. Atheism, Religion, Experience, (and Metaphysics?), Patrick Masterson (University College Dublin, Ireland)Chapter 13. On Seeing Nothing: A Critique of Marion’s Account of Religious Phenomenality, Christina M. Gschwandtner (Fordham University, USA) Chapter 14. Doubling Metaphysics, Jean-Luc Marion, (University of Chicago Divinity School, USA, and Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV, France)Index

The Experience of Atheism is an interesting and rewarding text that lives up to its name and intent … A welcome response to the experience of God, life and reality that people have today.