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Book SynopsisExplores the relationship between Hannah Arendt's thought and theology. This volume is a manifold approach to a less evident and much-neglected undercurrent in the work of Hannah Arendt, namely her ambiguous relation to the Judeo-Christian religious heritage. It contains discussions about strictly theological motives-like salvation or original sin-but it also explores topics such as forgiveness, love, natality, and the world within the religious aura.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Editorial Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Faith in the World or: The Philosophical Contraband of a Hidden Spiritual Tradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 An Introduction by Rafael Zawisza and Ludger Hagedorn Part I: Two Faces of Earthly Love Traces and Transitions to Hannah Arendt's Unwritten Book on Love . . 37 Sigrid Weigel Amor Mundi: The Marrano Background of Hannah Arendt's Love for the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Agata Bielik-Robson Part II: Encounters With Theology Between Adamite Dreams and Original Sin: Hannah Arendt's Cryptic Heterodoxy? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Rafael Zawisza Hannah Arendt's Debt to Rudolf Bultmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Jim Josefson Part III: Final Destination Secularity Hannah Arendt and Michael Walzer on the Exodus: Politics in the Hebrew Bible? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Martine Leibovici The Promise Inherent in Natality: Performance and Invocation . . . . . . . 151 Christina Schues Part IV: Politics Without the Absolute Actions That Deserve to Be Remembered: Transcendence and Immortality in a Secular World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Roger Berkowitz Absolute Goodness, the Banality of Evil, and the Wickedness Beyond Vice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Milan Hanys A Jurisprudence of Neglect: Arendt, Ambedkar, and the Logic of Political Cruelty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Aishwary Kumar Epilogue: Abraham's Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Vivian Liska Biographical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
