The Experience of God: A Postmodern Response

Contents

Contents Preface Kevin Hart and Barbara Wall xi Introduction 1 Kevin Hart 1 The Experience of God and the Axiology of the Impossible 20 John D. Caputo 2 Experience of God: A Response to John D. Caputo 42 Michael J. Scanlon, O.S.A. 3 ‘‘A World Split Open’’?: Experience and Feminist Theologies 47 Kristine A. Culp 4 A Womanist Experience: A Response to Kristine Culp 65 Renee McKenzie 5 The Experience of the Kingdom of God 71 Kevin Hart 6 Faith and the Conditions of Possibility of Experience: A Response to Kevin Hart 87 James K. A. Smith 7 Liturgy and Coaffection 93 Jean-Yves Lacoste ix 8 A Response to Jean-Yves Lacoste 104 Jeffrey Bloechl 9 When God Hides His Face: The Inexperience of God 113 Michael Purcell 10 Schools for Scandal: A Response to Michael Purcell 130 Kevin L. Hughes 11 Faith Seeking Understanding: The Impossible Intentions of Edith Stein 136 Michael F. Andrews 12 The Twilight of the Idols and the Night of the Senses 156 Jeffrey Bloechl 13 The Black Women’s Spiritual Narrative as Sermon 173 Crystal J. Lucky 14 Wisdom of the Heart: The Human Encounter with God in Pensées and Moby-Dick 192 Kim Paffenroth Notes 213 Contributors 247 Index 251 x Contents ...