Insistence of God

John D. Caputo is Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion Emeritus at Syracuse University and the David R. Cook Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Villanova University. He is author of The Weakness of God (IUP, 2006), which won the American Academy of Religion's Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in the Constructive-Reflective Studies category.

"[T]his is a valuable theological contribution for those with ears to hear. . . . Recommended."—Choice"The Insistence of God is a tour de force of novel, provocative ideas expressed in Heideggerian, Derridean, and Deleuzian rhetoric. It reads like a manifesto for a new wave of Christian theologians who re-imagine theology under the name of theopoetics."—Bibliographia"Caputo's Insistence of God is an excellent text that opens the way into new forms of theological thinking. He puts forward an argument that must be wrestled with and brings to light new avenues for both religious and theological thought. Caputo is not for the faint of heart as his style is, at times, trenchant; but, in the end, wrestling with his work makes one better on the other side."—Reviews in Religion and Theology"In my life I have read no more stimulating book of theology. Buckle your seatbelt!"—Dialog"Challenging, combative, witty, and incisive, this is Caputo at his best. The Insistence of God is a cry in the postmodern desert for a fuller life to come, not elsewhere, but here among the least of these. It makes bold the mission of radical theology to haunt and disrupt the slumber of confessional theology. It awakens troubling thoughts and solicits deep responses. This is a work of audacity and insight, but above all—though the word is discreetly traced—of love."—Richard Kearney, Boston College"John D. Caputo is at the top of his game, and he is not content to reiterate what he has already expressed, but continues to develop his own ideas further by way of a thorough engagement with the fields of theology, Continental philosophy, and religious thought."—Clayton Crockett, University of Central Arkansas"John Caputo has done it again with his latest work of radical theology. He has put the cat among the theological pigeons and flustered the philosophical dovecotes in no uncertain terms—a real tour de force or perhaps a tour de faiblesse, choc-a-bloc with unorthodoxy but with a very serious point. It is difficult to know which to admire more his great erudition or his remarkable courage."—Patrick Masterson, University College, Dublin"For those allergic to theological certainty—whether of God's existence or of God's death—Caputo delivers storm-fresh relief: the theopoetics of God's insistence."—Catherine Keller, Drew University

• Preface: The Gap God OpensAcknowledgmentsPart 1. The Insistence of God1. God, Perhaps: The Fear of One Small Word2. The Insistence of God3. Insistence and Hospitality: Mary and Martha in a Postmodern WorldPart 2. Theopoetics: The Insistence of Theology4. Theopoetics as the Insistence of a Radical Theology5. Two Types of Continental Philosophy of Religion6. Is There an Event in Hegel? Malabou, Plasticity, and "Perhaps"7. Gigantomachean Ethics: Žižek, Milbank, and the Fear of One Small WordPart 3. Cosmopoetics: The Insistence of the World8. The Insistence of the World: From Chiasm to Cosmos9. As if I Were Dead: Radical Theology and the Real10. Facts, Fictions, and Faith: What Is Really Real after All?11. A Nihilism of Grace: Life, Death, and Resurrection12. The Grace of the WorldNotesIndex