Reading Derrida / Thinking Paul: On Justice

By Theodore W. Jennings Jr.

Book Overview

This book explores the interweaving of several of Derrida's characteristic concerns with themes that Paul explores in Romans. It argues that the central concern of Romans is with the question of justice, a justice that must be thought outside of law on the basis of grace or gift. The many perplexities that arise from thus trying to think justice outside of law are clarified by reading Derrida on such themes as justice and law, gift and exchange, duty and debt, hospitality, cosmopolitanism, and pardon.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804752680
• ISBN13: 9780804752688
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"