The Folly of God: A Theology of the Unconditional

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Inspired by Paul Tillich’s suggestion that atheism is not the end of theology but is instead the beginning, and working this together with Derrida’s idea of the undeconstructible, Caputo explores the idea that the real interest of theology is not God, especially not God as supreme being, but the unconditional. The Folly of God continues the radical reading of Paul's explosive language in 1 Corinthians 1 about the stand God makes with the nothings and nobodies of the world first introduced in The Weakness of God (2006) and The Insistence of God (2013). Title Page Copyright Page Contents Introduction: The Interests of Theology 1. God Is Not a Supreme Being 2. The Unconditional 3. Proto-Religion 4. How Long Will Religion Last? 5. In Praise of Weakness 6. Weakening the Being of the Supreme Being 7. A Theology of Perhaps 8. The Folly of the Call 9. Mustard Seeds Not Metaphysics: The Theopoetics of the Kingdom of God 10. Does the Kingdom of God Need God? Notes Bibliography Index About the Author