Between the Canon and the Messiah

Colby Dickinson is Assistant Professor of Theology at Loyola University Chicago, USA.

In this impressive new book, Dickinson sets forth a compelling agenda for a radical theological hermeneutics. With excellent and detailed readings of Agamben, Derrida, Benjamin, Ricoeur and Butler, Between Canon and Messiah reconfigures our map of contemporary philosophy and theology. -- Clayton Crockett, Associate Professor and Director of Religious Studies at the University of Central Arkansas, USA

• Acknowledgements \ Introduction \ Part I: Between Philosophy and Theology \ 1. The Legacy of an Antinomian Messianism within a Jewish Historical Context \ 2. Jacques Derrida and Giorgio Agamben on the Processes of Messianicity and Canonicity \ Conclusions formulated on the basis of Part I: Recognizing the Challenges of a 'Political Theology of Immanence' \ Part II: The Radical Hermeneutics of Theology \ 3. The 'Violence' of the Canon: A Contemporary Context for the Canonical Form \ 4. The Necessity of Hermeneutics \ Conclusions formulated on the basis of Part II \ Conclusion \ Notes \ Bibliography \ Index