Postmodern Theory and Biblical Theology : Vanquishing God's Shadow

Rating:
Summary: A feast for thought but not for the faint of heart
Review: This book provides an in-depth treatment of Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Derrida and the relationships between their thought and biblical theology. The author covers their respective attacks on christianity and then, instead of seeking a synthesis of their thought with biblical theology, he draws on the apostle Paul, Pascal, Luther, Kierkegaard, Barth, Bonhoeffer, & Moltmann to establish a counter position. As a grad student in computer science (at the time), I found this book to be rough going. I suspect anyone with an undergraduate course in Philosophy will have a much better time with the book than I had and some experience with literary theory would make it even more accessible. I give it 4 instead of 5 stars because I didn't have the background to confidently give it a highest rating.

Rating:
Summary: A feast for thought but not for the faint of heart
Review: This book provides an in-depth treatment of Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Derrida and the relationships between their thought and biblical theology. The author covers their respective attacks on christianity and then, instead of seeking a synthesis of their thought with biblical theology, he draws on the apostle Paul, Pascal, Luther, Kierkegaard, Barth, Bonhoeffer, & Moltmann to establish a counter position. As a grad student in computer science (at the time), I found this book to be rough going. I suspect anyone with an undergraduate course in Philosophy will have a much better time with the book than I had and some experience with literary theory would make it even more accessible. I give it 4 instead of 5 stars because I didn't have the background to confidently give it a highest rating.