Encountering the Secular: Philosophical Endeavors in Religion and Culture

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INDEX absence, 73, 74, 90 Adorno, Theodor, 105–6 affirmation, 133 Allahu akbar, 70 Amis, Martin, 49 Ammons, A. R., 113–14, 116–20 attention, 11, 27, 88, 89, 93, 113, 125, 126, 132, 135, 136, 137, 140, 142, 143, 155, 156, 157–58, 159, 162, 175n21. See also seeing; wakefulness becoming, 24, 25 Bergson, Henri, 7, 64–66, 130–31, 137–41, 176n17 Body Artist, The (DeLillo), 53–57 Buddhism, 94, 100 Cage, John, 28 capitalism, 90, 121–22, 142, 145, 150, 158 Carson, Anne, 9 Cavell, Stanley, 5–6, 47, 125, 167– 68n15, 177n11 Certau, Michel de, 130 childhood, 19 Christianity, 120–21, 145 circle, 24 complexity, 9, 166n1 concept(s), 3, 4; and becoming, 25; and circle, 24; creation of, 20, 43– 44; cultivation of, 4; and divinity (gods), 26 consciousness, 17 conversation, 34, 36, 43–44 counternarratives, 67–68 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Lee), 93–98, 101–5, 106–10 Cyclops, 127 cynicism, 158 death, 74, 81, 90 Deleuze, Gilles, 3, 7, 15–21, 57–58, 146–50, 175–76n3 DeLillo, Don, 49–53, 58, 66–71 Derrida, Jacques, 34, 74, 119, 123, 166n1, 174n10 Descartes, René, 17 de Zengotita, Thomas, 48 Didion, Joan, 48 duration, 64–66, 130–31, 140 180 I N D E X dynamic religion, 138–40. See also mysticism Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1, 7, 21–26, 38–45, 73, 75–91 emptiness, 46, 60–64, 69, 90, 148, 149, 161 fidelity, 161 flight, 101–2, 107, 173n13 Foucault, Michel, 99–100 Gauchet, Marcel, 31–32, 34–36 Gelassenheit, 70–71 god(s), 88, 114–24 Heidegger, Martin, 62–63, 117–18, 142, 143 Heraclitus, 126 Hesse, Hermann, 125–26 Horkheimer, Max, 105–6 Husserl, Edmund, 137 immanence, 15–21, 136, 147, 168n2 intuition, 66, 131, 140, 141 Jesus, 120, 174–75n14 Kant, Immanuel, 98–100, 137 Lost In Translation (Coppola), 30–31, 33, 36–37 Magnolia (Anderson), 143–46, 150, 158–59 materiality, 145 Morrison, Toni, 92, 173n13 mysticism, 138–40. See also dynamic religion Nancy, Jean-Luc, 72, 114–16 nature, 23–24, 79–82 Nietzsche, Friedrich, 7, 11–15, 16, 107, 120–23, 166–67n4, 174–75n14 ontology, 63, 64, 136 Over-Soul, 38–46 Paul (apostle), 12, 120, 166–67n4, 174–75n14 Phillips, Adam, 47 philosophy of religion and culture, 7 photograph, 133–36 Plato, 126, 176n17 Platonism, 16 pop art, 89–90 redemption, 144, 145 seeing, 42, 88, 90, 92, 124. See also attention; wakefulness self-acceptance and -rejection, 36 September 11, 47–50 singularity, 146–48 Smoke (Auster/Wang), 127–30, 140–41 spirituality, 25, 163; immanent, 7; New Age, 18; philosophical, 14–15 static religion, 138 stuttering, 57–58 Taylor, Charles, 142 teachers, 103–5 terror/terrorism, 48–49, 50–52, 67, 79, 111, 151, 170–71n11 Thoreau, Henry David, 7, 152–58, 161– 62, 177n10 Tillich, Paul, 6–7 time, 64–66 transcendence, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15–17, 31– 36, 146–47, 152, 168n2 truth, 13, 25, 166n1 virtuality, 144–45 181 I N D E X virtual materiality, 144–45 vital impulse, 130–31 wakefulness, 156–57, 159. See also attention; seeing Waldrop, Rosmarie, 28 Weil, Simone, 142 Whitman, Walt, 111 words, agency of, 5 writing, 73–74 Žižek, Slavoj, 110, 150–51 This page intentionally left blank Edmund N. Santurri Perplexity in the Moral Life: Philosophical and Theological Considerations Robert P. Scharlemann Inscriptions and Reflections: Essays in Philosophical Theology James DiCenso Hermeneutics and the Disclosure of Truth: A Study in the Work of Heidegger, Gadamer, and Ricoeur David Lawton Faith, Text, and History: The Bible in English Robert P. Scharlemann, editor Theology at the End of the Century: A Dialogue on the Postmodern Robert P. Scharlemann, editor Negation and Theology Lynda Sexson Ordinarily Sacred David E. Klemm and William Schweiker, editors Meanings in Texts and Actions: Questioning Paul Ricoeur Guyton B. Hammond Conscience and Its Recovery: From the Frankfurt School to Feminism Roger Poole Kierkegaard: The Indirect Communication John D. Barbour Versions of Deconversion: Autobiography and the Loss of Faith Gary L. Ebersole Captured by Texts: Puritan to Postmodern Images of Indian Captivity David Chidester Savage Systems: Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa Laurie L. Patton and Wendy Doniger, editors Myth and Method Orrin F. Summerell, editor The Otherness of God Langdon Gilkey Creationism on Trial: Evolution and God at Little Rock Michael L. Raposa...