John D. Caputo is the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Humanities at Syracuse University. He is also David R. Cook Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Villanova University. He is author of More Radical Hermeneutics (IUP, 2000) and The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida (IUP, 1997).Michael J. Scanlon, O.S.A., is Josephine C. Connelly Chair of Christian Theology at Villanova University. He is co-editor with John Caputo of God, the Gift, and Postmodernism (IUP, 1999) and Questioning God (IUP, 2001).

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Postmodern AugustineJohn D. Caputo and Michael J. ScanlonPart I. After the Event1. Composing "Circumfession"Jacques Derrida2. Confessions and "Circumfession": A Roundtable Discussion with Jacques DerridaModerated by Richard KearneyPart II. Confessions and Circumfession3. Time—for the TruthGeoffrey Bennington4. Instances: Temporal Modes from Augustine to Derrida and LyotardHent de VriesResponse by Jacques Derrida5. Shedding Tears Beyond Being: Derrida's Confession of PrayerJohn D. Caputo6. Heidegger: Reader of AugustinePhilippe CapelleResponse by Jacques Derrida7. The Form of an "I"Catherine MalabouResponse by Jacques Derrida8. Time, Evil, and Narrative: Ricoeur on AugustineRichard Kearney9. Arendt's AugustineMichael J. Scanlon10. Reading like Angels: Derrida and Augustine on the Book (for a History of Literature)Mark VesseyResponse by Jacques Derrida11. Augustine's UnconfessionsJames J. O'Donnell12. On Not Retracting the UnconfessedElizabeth A. Clark13. Why Augustine? Why Now?Jean Bethke ElshtainContributors Index

John D. Caputo is the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Humanities at Syracuse University. He is also David R. Cook Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Villanova University. He is author of More Radical Hermeneutics (IUP, 2000) and The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida (IUP, 1997).Michael J. Scanlon, O.S.A., is Josephine C. Connelly Chair of Christian Theology at Villanova University. He is co-editor with John Caputo of God, the Gift, and Postmodernism (IUP, 1999) and Questioning God (IUP, 2001).

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Postmodern AugustineJohn D. Caputo and Michael J. ScanlonPart I. After the Event1. Composing "Circumfession"Jacques Derrida2. Confessions and "Circumfession": A Roundtable Discussion with Jacques DerridaModerated by Richard KearneyPart II. Confessions and Circumfession3. Time—for the TruthGeoffrey Bennington4. Instances: Temporal Modes from Augustine to Derrida and LyotardHent de VriesResponse by Jacques Derrida5. Shedding Tears Beyond Being: Derrida's Confession of PrayerJohn D. Caputo6. Heidegger: Reader of AugustinePhilippe CapelleResponse by Jacques Derrida7. The Form of an "I"Catherine MalabouResponse by Jacques Derrida8. Time, Evil, and Narrative: Ricoeur on AugustineRichard Kearney9. Arendt's AugustineMichael J. Scanlon10. Reading like Angels: Derrida and Augustine on the Book (for a History of Literature)Mark VesseyResponse by Jacques Derrida11. Augustine's UnconfessionsJames J. O'Donnell12. On Not Retracting the UnconfessedElizabeth A. Clark13. Why Augustine? Why Now?Jean Bethke ElshtainContributors Index