{"product_id":"the-future-of-religion-9780231134958","title":"The Future of Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003eThough coming from distinct intellectual traditions, Richard Rorty and Gianni Vattimo are united in their criticism of the metaphysical tradition. The challenges they put forward extend beyond philosophy and entail a reconsideration of the foundations of belief in God and the religious life. They urge that the rejection of metaphysical truth does not necessitate the death of religion. Instead it opens new ways of imagining what it is to be religious. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unique collaboration fuses pragmatism (Rorty) and hermeneutics (Vattimo) and recognizes the limits of both traditional religious belief and modern secularism. Rorty discusses Vattimo's work Belief and argues that the end of metaphysics paves the way for an anti-essentialist religion. Vattimo explores the surprising congruence between Christianity and hermeneutics in light of the dissolution of metaphysical truth. In a concluding dialogue, both philosophers analyze the future of religion together with the political, social, and historical aspects that characterize our contemporary postmodern, postmetaphysical, and post-Christian world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Rorty, Gianni Vattimo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.28w x 0.33d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231134958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Rorty (1931-2007) was professor of comparative literature and philosophy at Stanford University. His Columbia University Press books are \u003ci\u003eAn Ethics for Today: Finding Common Ground Between Philosophy and Religion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhat's the Use of Truth?\u003c\/i\u003eGianni 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 \u003ci\u003eChristianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith: A Dialogue \u003c\/i\u003e(with René Girard), \u003ci\u003eNot Being God: A Collaborative Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArt's Claim to Truth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAfter the Death of God\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDialogue with Nietzsche\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNihilism and Emancipation: Ethics, Politics, and the Law\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAfter Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e.Santiago Zabala is ICREA Research Professor at the University of Barcelona. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Remains of Being: Hermeneutic Ontology After Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Hermeneutic Nature of Analytic Philosophy: A Study of Ernst Tugendhat\u003c\/i\u003e; editor of \u003ci\u003eArt's Claim to Truth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWeakening Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNihilism and Emancipation\u003c\/i\u003e; and coeditor (with Jeff Malpas) of \u003ci\u003eConsequences of Hermeneutics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40435098517619,"sku":"9.78023E+12","price":27.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4d0330b9-8371-4065-8ee5-25fee278e89f.jpg?v=1663076896","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-future-of-religion-9780231134958","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}