John D. Caputo explores the very roots of religious thinking in this thought-provoking book. Compelling questions come up along the way: 'What do I...
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Aug 01, 2011
Coryke
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This is a hard book for me to rate. Caputo offers some very compelling thoughts and engages the reader with a familiar tone. Yet, I found myself wishing that he would just say what he wanted to say. What I found instead was Caputo slowly talking around the topic and then suggesting later that he had covered his explanation earlier. Well, I suppose he had. But there never was any ah-ha moment for many of these points.
Of course the theology itself is very challenging to traditional Prote More...
Of course the theology itself is very challenging to traditional Prote More...
Jun 25, 2009
Tim
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Finished Caputo's On Religion and in the end found it disappointing. Yes, he was trying to be provocative and his self-referential tone was humorous, but only to a point. He begins well, taking religion back from its cultured despisers, both among the modern and the post-modern - in this way he does seem to echo Schleiermacher. He defines religion as belief in the impossible (not absolute dependence as in S) and quotes Augustine's question, "what do we love when we love our God."
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May 22, 2009
Alex
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Caputo's On Religion is a beautiful testament to faith, powerful in its conviction and compelling in its wisdom. Or rather, it might be. I found myself so continually eluded by Caputo's use of language that I'm not sure I grasped his true meaning, or if his meaning is coherent enough to be grasped. In the end, this problem was my chief complaint with this book. "More matter with less art!" as Queen Gertrude might say. Once you peel away the lovely, silken layers of linguistic music and
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Jul 18, 2009
Jlbarkey
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I liked this book. I'm not really sure what I thought of it, but I liked it. He obviously comes from the same general background as myself, obviously veers significantly further off into the hinterlands than myself, and is obviously more well-read and accomplished as a writer than myself.
He is arguing for Derrida's "Religion without Religion" and while I like what he has to say and the honesty and skill with which he says it, I am a little afraid that he leaves me to littl More...
He is arguing for Derrida's "Religion without Religion" and while I like what he has to say and the honesty and skill with which he says it, I am a little afraid that he leaves me to littl More...
Jul 02, 2010
Ellis
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This book was even more enlightening the second time around. Caputo really expresses what it means to be a person of faith in the post modern or post-post modern age (whatever that means--and he really doesn't care what that means). He is so practical and easy to understand (he uses an analogy to Star Wars to express his ideas!). He is pragmatic and yet also inspiring. To Caputo, religion, loving god, being religious all comes down to love. Just read it.
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Nov 27, 2010
Joel
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A good philosophical essay for the person religious by temperament but not by conviction. Caputo argues that religion is, at best, life-affirming action. Such religion is characterized by epistemological humility, existential affirmation of life and compassion, and the risky preference for noble improbabilities over nihilism and moral paralysis. Can faith eschew certainty and claims of exclusivity and remain vibrant? I hope so.
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Jul 12, 2010
Elizabeth
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The introduction to this book is a uniquely accessible work on understanding post-modern religiosity. I highly, highly, highly recommend it for theologians, people in ministry, and people interested in religious studies.
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Feb 02, 2010
L. D.
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A fresh take on religion, an excellent primer (or review) of major philosophical minds, and believe it or not, a fun read!
Dec 16, 2009
I have just started this book. It too is giving me words to explain my always changing relationship with God. So far it is focusing on the question, "What do I love when I love my God?" I can't think of a better question to contemplate.
Jan 17, 2008
Isaac
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Interesting. Love some of what the author said and disagreed with other stuff the author said. It took me awhile to get into, but enjoyed it once I got in to it.
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