Religion and Realism

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The volume revisits the concepts of reality and realism in their relation to religion and the religious real. Contributors: Graham Ward, Dennis Costa, Davor Džalto, Maurizio Ferraris, Brian W. Nail, Leonardo De Chirico, Sławomir Sztajer, Louis Arthur Ruprecht, Marco Conti, and Ivica Žižić. Preface ix ● (In)Visible Reals Sensing the Invisible 3 Graham Ward Dogmata, Pluralism and the Real in Catholic Christianity 19 Dennis Costa The Quest for Reality That Has Not Happened (Yet) 33 Davor Džalto ● Negotiable Reals Religions of the Spirit as Religions of the Letter 65 Maurizio Ferraris Derridean Realism, Sovereignty, and Political Theological Critique in an Age of Crisis 75 Brian W. Nail Nature, Reality and Critical Realism in the “Scientific Theology” of Alister McGrath 99 Leonardo De Chirico Religion and the Construction of Reality: Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects 105 Sławomir Sztajer ● Created Reals Making it Real: Winckelmann, the Vatican’s Profane Museum and the Art of Pagan Display 129 Louis Arthur Ruprecht Realism Applied to Religion in Literary Works from the Roman Imperial Age 149 Marco Conti Interrupting Time: Feast as Play and Art 159 Ivica Žižić Contributors 177