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Book SynopsisWhy has continental philosophy so often made its North American home in Catholic institutions?
Trade Review“The story told in The Catholic Reception is a compelling one that has shaped how phenomenology is practiced at Catholic universities in North America, and is a story that need not yet be over.” -- Zachary Willcutt *
Journal for Continental Philosophy of Religion *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Catholics and Continental Thought: A Curious Allegiance Stephanie Rumpza 1. The Reception of Phenomenology and Existentialism by American Catholic Philosophers: Some Facts and Some Reasons Daniel Dahlstrom 2. Between the Old World and the New: Neoscholasticism, Continental Philosophy, and the Historical Subject Gregory P. Floyd 3. Continental Philosophy and Hermeneutics: Between Religion and Secularity John D. Caputo 4. Meaning, Concreteness, and Subjectivity: American Phenomenology and Catholic Philosophy at Boston College Patrick Byrne 5. Catholicism and Continental Philosophy in French Canada: An Opening Followed by an Ungrateful Separation Jean Grondin 6. French Phenomenology and Catholic Thought: Unfolding the Logos of the Logos Christina M. Gschwandtner 7. The Use of Philosophy in Critical Catholic Theology Andrew Prevot 8. Continental Philosophy as a Source for Theology: The Case of the “Science-Religion” Debate Anne M. Carpenter 9. How Continental Philosophy of Religion Came into Being and Where It Is Going Bruce Ellis Benson 10. Catholic Thought, French Phenomenology, and the University: Historical-Critical Remarks Jeffrey Bloechl 11. Being True to Mystery and Metaxological Metaphysics William Desmond 12. Catholic Thought and the Appropriation of Apocalyptic Forms of Philosophy in Alain Badiou, Slavoj Zizek, and Agamben Cyril O’Regan
