STRS-4070 Foucault and Derrida: Mystics

STRS-4070 Foucault and Derrida: Mystics? STRS-4070: Spring 2018 Graduate Theological Union 3.0 Credit Hours: Advanced Masters Level Seminar PSR Room 6 (Below Chapel)- Tuesdays, 2:10-5:00 pm Instructor: Stephan Quarles, GTU Phone- 850.624.7648 (cell) Email: Squarles@ses.gtu.edu Course Description: The ideas of the mystical experience(s) and philosophy often seem to be antithetical ideas or, perhaps, worlds apart on the spectrum of reflecting on God. How can you think the dry speculation of philosophy on the ideas of God and the ecstatic prayer of the mystic’s desire for union be connected? This course will seek to explore primary themes in negative and apophatic theology as a method. We will then seek to explore this in connection with the postmodern turn to religion. We will seek to explore the concepts of language, “the negative”, desire, knowledge, and prayer within the philosophical works of two of the ‘archetypes’ of postmodernism, Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida. These two authors engaged relentlessly with the Christian theological and philosophical traditions. Their engagements were neither kind nor dismissive, STRS 4070 1 but full of critique, appreciation, and exploration. John Caputo once asked Derrida during an interview about Circumfessions, “Augustine was praying to the Christian God, who are you praying to?” Derrida answered, after a long pause, “If I knew that then I would pray and know all.” We shall explore what this could mean for theology, theological method, and social practices. A few examples of social practices that can be engaged are prayer, BLM, eucharist, social justice activism, or environmental ethics. We will attempt to establish a ‘basis’ for our analysis by engaging with three of the major figures within negative or apophatic theology: Pseudo-Dionysius, Meister Eckhart, and the anonymous work, The Cloud of Unknowing. We will engage these authors with the question: “To Whom are they praying?” We will then seek to read their theological, spiritual, and philosophical quests to guide us to a potential connection with the philosophical quest for truth and, specifically, truth about God talk. The intent of this is to not convince all to become negative theologians, but to remind us that the one to whom we pray is larger and more “unknowable” than we can either ask or imagine. The theological quest within this course will be to understand what it means to be intentional about language and speech. The engagement with Derrida and Foucault will give us a framework to continually challenge their conceptions of speech and God. “To whom do we pray?” It is not a question to answer necessarily, but a proposition that can allow us to frame our work in the world. Learning Outcome: Students who successfully complete this seminar will be able to: 1. To situate ‘negative theology’ and apophatic theology within the scriptural, theological, mystical, and philosophical traditions. 2. To critically engage the idea of a theological method in light of the mystical critique and the postmodern philosophical critique of language and concepts of God. 3. To engage with the Philosophies of Foucault and Derrida (or other PM authors) in an attempt to wrestle with the question: “Who are you praying to?” 4. To analyze what it means to “write about God” or to “pray to God.” We will seek to situate the question: “Who are you praying to? About whom are you writing?” 5. To question the doctrines of God, Jesus/Christ, Holy Spirit, and the Trinity in light of our central questions and negative theology. 6. To situate negative theology within the conversations around justice, peace, sexuality, and/or other “contextual/liberation” theology issues. Required Texts: ➔ Rabinow, Paul, A Foucault Reader. New York, NY: Pantheon, 1984. 9780394713403. $11.96 STRS 4070 2 ➔ Kamuf, Peggy and Derrida, Jacques. A Derrida Reader: Between the Blinds. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1999. 978-0231066594. $40.00 ➔ Sölle, Dorothee. The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2001. 978-0800632663. $29.00 ➔ Moore, Stephen D. Poststructuralism and the New Testament: Foucault and Derrida at the Foot of the Cross. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Press, 1994. 9780800625993. $19.00 ➔ Additional readings will be available on moodle. Ways to Measure Learning Outcomes (LO) engagement1. Participation- As a seminar style course, the student is expected to attend all classes and come to class prepared to engage with one another, the texts, and the professor. If a student misses more than 2 sessions then this will severely affect their overall grade. Please notify instructor ahead of time if you will be absent. 2. Assignment #1- What is Theology? You may attempt to answer this very difficult and perplexing question. What sources come into theological method? What sources do I prefer? Which ones do I leave out? Is it “positive” or “negative”? What are your theological strengths and weaknesses? (2 pages max) 3. Assignment #2- “To whom do we pray?” As you think back on the first half of the semester’s readings, conversations, and lectures, how would you begin to answer this question? It is important to remember that this is not an assignment about your own piety or views on existence of God. Derrida and Foucault were self proclaimed “unbelievers” but were gifted in their capacity to engage. It is here that you will begin this engagement around this essential question. (5 pages) 4. Assignment #3- So What? The parameters of the paper must meet one of the two prompts and be 10-12 pages. In the final paper, you are able to pick one of two paths for your final paper: a. In this final paper, you will need to put negative theology into conversation around a central topic, theme, concept, or movement. Excellent papers will engage critically with negative theology and the desired subject. You can critique negative theology through another method of theology. You can critique other method or conceptual claims within theology or philosophy with Negative Theology as your foil. You can extend your analysis into other traditions of prayer in which you have interest or expertise. b. In the final paper, you will need to put Foucault or Derrida into conversation around a specific topic, theme, concept, or movement. Excellent papers will engage with these figures in constructive and critical ways. The papers can be engagement with specific texts or ideas discussed in the class or, potentially, outside of the texts. The topic or text will need to be precise and concise to fit the parameters of the assignment. NB: All papers and/or topics need to be approved by the professor by week 12 of the semester. STRS 4070 3 Grading Parameters: 1. Participation- 30% 2. Assignment #1-10% 3. Assignment #2- 20% 4. Assignment #3-40% **Each week, we will walk through the learning outcomes either in part or in whole.** Primary Texts: (All Others provided by instructor on Moodle.) Poststructuralism and the New Testament- PSNT Foucault Reader- MFR Derrida Reader- JDR Silent Cry- DSSC January 30 ● Before you read: Assignment #1 ● LO #1 Scriptural, Theological, and Philosophical - Part 1 ○ “Intro” in PSNT 1-9 ○ Turner, “Introduction” In Silence and the Word, Davies and Turner ○ “Is the Devil From Paris? Postmodernism and the Church” in Who’s Afraid of PostModernism ○ Franke, On What Cannot Be Said ■ Preface, pg. 1-7 ■ Introduction pg. 9-33 ■ Chapter 6, pg. 111-14 ○ Denys Turner, “Apophaticism, Idolatry, and the Claim of Reason” in Silence and the Word February 6 ● LO #1 Scriptural, Theological, and Philosophical - Part 2 Pseudo-Dionysius○ Denys Turner, “Kataphatic and apophatic in Denys the Areopagite” in The Darkness of God ○ The Divine Names ch. 8-12 ○ The Mystical Theology Meister Eckhart○ On What Cannot Be said chapter 22 Cloud of Unknowing○ Denys Turner, “The Cloud of Unknowing and the critique of Interiority” ○ Chapters 3-7 in Cloud Of Unknowing STRS 4070 4 February 13 ● LO #2: Theological Method and Epistemology- Part 1 ○ PSNT- 13-64, 85-112 ○ “Introduction” in MFR ○ “Preface” and “Introduction” in JDDR February 20 ● LO#2: Method and Language - Part 2 ○ “Nietzsche, Genealogy, and History” in MFR 76-100 ○ Jacques Derrida, Differance” in JDR 59-79 ○ OPTIONAL- “Michel Foucault and Theology: The State of the Discipline” Foucault Studies 2 (2005): 117-144. February 27 ● LO #2- Experience and method- Part 3 ○ “Madness and Civilization” in MFR 123-168 ○ “Psyche: Invention of the Other” in JDR 200-220 ○ “Uncovering the Eros of God” theology and Sexuality 13.3 (2007): 289-300 March 6 ● LO#2: On What cannot be said: Language and Theology in the Mystical experience Part 4 ○ Michael A. Sells, “Introduction/Unsaying” in Mystical Language of the Unsaying ○ Foucault, “Truth and Power” in MFR 51-75 ○ Jacques Derrida, “How to Avoid Speaking: Denials” in Derrida and Negative Theology. Pg. 73-96 (full essay provided) March 13 ● LO#3 Foucault and Derrida… On the Death of the Author and the death of writing- Part 1 ○ “Plato’s Pharmacy” in JDDR 112-142 ○ Michel Foucault, “What is an Author?” in MFR 101-120 ○ PSNT 65-74 and 113-127 ○ Mark D. Jordan, “Writing-Terrors:A Dialectical Lyric” Modern Theology 30:3 (2014): 89-104. March 20 ● LO#3: On Derrida: The Name and the Gift - Part 2 ○ “Faith and Knowledge” in Acts of Religion. #1-29 or pg. 40-66 STRS 4070 5 ○ Arthur Bradley, Chapter 1 (Derrida and ‘saving the name’ in Negative Theology and French PostModern Philosophy ○ John Caputo, Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida- Pt 1. Pick TWO ■ 1-19, 41-56, 151-60, 161-81, 281-308 March 27 READING WEEK- NO CLASS- ASSIGNMENT #2 DUE 3/28/18 April 3 ● LO#3-Foucault: The Cross and follie- Part 3 ○ Foucault, “Madness, Absence of Oeuvre” in History of Madness ○ Foucault, “1 February 1984: second Hour” in Courage of Truth, 23-31 ○ Quarles, Stephan. The Cross and The Abysmal Madness of God: Foucault and Apophatic Theology April 10 ● LO#3-Foucault - Part 4 ○ Maurice Blanchot: “Thought from the Outside” in Foucault/Blanchot ○ Arthur Bradley, Negative Theology and French Postmodern Philosophy, Chapter 4 (Foucault and the thought from the outside) ○ Quarles, Stephan. An Erotic Method to Madness April 17 ● LO#4- To write or to pray? ○ Dorothee Soelle, The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance. 1-54. ○ “Envoi” in JDR ○ Quarles, Stephan. “Is Derrida a Mystic? Or Praying Within Of Grammatology” Paper Proposals with small bibliography due to Professor. April 24 ● LO#5: Christology ○ Knut Alfsvag, What No Mind Has Conceived, 261-287 ○ Dorothee Soelle, The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance pt II: EITHER 7 OR 8 ○ “Disciplines and Sciences of the Individual? In MFR 170-213 May 1 ● LO#6: Negative Theology and Contextual Theology ○ Dorothee Soelle, The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance pt III STRS 4070 6 ○ Brandy Daniels, A PostStructuralist liberation theology? Queer Theory and apophaticism (Union Seminary Quarterly Review, 64 no 2 - 3 2013, p 108-117) Available PDF on EBSCO host) ○ Mark D. Jordan “Speaking Truths About God” in Speaking Truths about the Church (Chapter 4) ○ “We Other Victorians” in MFR May 8 Pick One and Be prepared to Talk about it for 3-5 minutes ● LO#6- Wrap Up and Examples of “So What?” ○ “Chatting Genitals” in Mark D. Jordan, Convulsing Bodies 93-118 ○ “A Political Ethic of Eros” in Lynne Huffer, Mad For Foucault 242-278 ○ “220-256” and “259-99” in Allan Megill, Prophets of Extremity ○ “Diakrisis” in Geoffrey Bennington’, Scatter 1: The Politics of Politics, 187-237 May 15 • “Polemics, Politics, and Problematizations: An Interview with Michel Foucault” in MFR • “Tympan” in JDDR All Students should be prepared to discuss their final paper with THESIS for this class. Papers Are Due at Midnight on May 18 (PST) via Moodle. Policies and Procedures: Plagiarism Plagiarism is the presentation of another’s ideas, methods, research, or words without proper acknowledgement. It runs the gamut from failing to cite a reference (sloppy scholarship), to passing off another’s work as one’s own. It includes close paraphrasing as well as lifting of entire lines nearly verbatim without acknowledgement. As the effects of the plagiarism will be the same regardless of intent, intent will not be construed as essential to the act, although it may be considered in determining whether the charge of plagiarism should be pursued or what the penalty may be. For general requirements for proper acknowledgement in written work, see the most current edition of Kate Turabian, Manual for the Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations and The Chicago Manual of Style. Arrangements in Cases of Documented Disability STRS 4070 7 If you will need special arrangements for meeting course requirements for reasons of documented disability, please speak to one of the instructors very early in the term so that appropriate arrangements can be made. A description of the GTU policy regarding accommodation for differently abled students is online at: http://gtu.edu/admissions/life-atgtu/students-with-disabilities The following includes a summary of the PSR policy and disabilities (http://www.psr.edu/academics/student-policies/accessibility/) and the PSR policy on English as a second language (https://psr.edu/student-life/student-policies/#acf108b0gk) as well as the instructor’s policy on late work. ● Late papers will not be accepted and the instructor will not grant an “incomplete” for this course unless arrangements are made with the instructor prior to the dates that assignments are due. ● If students anticipate any trouble in completing the assigned work in this course due to documented disability, this should be discussed with the instructor at the beginning of the semester; upon request, additional time can be granted for completing required assignments). ● Students for whom English is a second language should likewise speak with the instructor early on in the semester concerning any challenges anticipated in meeting the course requirements in a timely manner; upon request additional time can be granted for completing required assignments. Honor Code Students in all courses and phases of the Doctoral Program are subject to the GTU Honor Code, described on p. 15 of the online Student Handbook. Please note: “Documented evidence that a student has violated the honor code may result in immediate expulsion from the program.” Other GTU Policies Students and faculty in required Doctoral Seminars are also subject to GTU Institutional Policies, detailed on pp. 54 ff. in the online Student Handbook, including: Non-discrimination, AIDS non-discrimination, and Drug Free Environment (52), Inclusive Language (54), Plagiarism (55 ff.), Exceptions and Accommodations (63 ff.), and Sexual Misconduct (65 ff.). Moodle Access Required texts and other resources for this course are posted online at the Moodle site for this course. Please note the following about Moodle and accessing these resources: ● You must have a Moodle username and password. These are typically identical to your WebAdvisor username and password. There is a lost password feature on the Moodle login screen. STRS 4070 8 ● Consult http://gtu.edu/library/studentmoodle for detailed Moodle instructions. Email moodle@gtu.edu or call (510) 649-2510 for Moodle assistance. Formatting and Submitting Papers Please note the following policies concerning written work for this course (these are summaries of PSR student policies found here: https://psr.edu/studentlife/student-policies/#5bc2534xu8). ● Papers in this course should be word-processed (preferably using Microsoft Word), doublespaced, with no more than one-inch margins, a 12-point font, and submitted on or before the due date. ● Sources must be referenced accurately and according to standard academic practice; plagiarism is a serious academic offense and will result in a failing grade for the paper. (A Turabian Quick Guide is available on the Moodle site for this course to help guide students in the proper method of citation.) If you have any questions about proper citation methods or how to avoid plagiarism, don’t hesitate to speak to the instructor before submitting a paper. ● “Double dipping” (submitting the same paper for more than one course) is not allowed as this would mean receiving double academic credit for the same work. Papers should be submitted to the assignment box on the Moodle website. Gender-inclusive language for humanity must be used in written work; the instructor hopes such language will be used for God as well, but this is not required. A Few Dates to Keep in Mind: ● 5/18/18- Deadline for Incomplete Form to Dean’s Office ● 5/18/18- Paper Submission Deadline ● 6/8/18- Deadline for Submission of Grades ● 6/29/18- Deadline for Incomplete Grades Submission Grades Explained: 1. A- Excellent work that exceeds expectations of scholarship due to creativity, textual engagement, and argumentation with the materials. 2. B- Good work that meets the expected level of scholarship and engagement. 3. C- Passable work that does not meet expectations of scholarship or engagement. 4. Fail- Work does not meet standards or was late without notice. Classroom Culture: A classroom, especially a seminar style course, will have a life of its own. This means that all those engaged in the task of learning and engaging will bring their experiences, acumen, STRS 4070 9 and growth areas into the environment. All of these are potential areas for conversation and dialogue that will enrich the environment or can hinder development and engagement. The best work is done when everyone feels ‘safe’ to speak, engage, and think critically about the topics at hand. This requires work. It requires attention to those areas that evoke passionate responses in your own self and in those around you. It requires understanding and noticing the difference between mutually critical correlative dialog (David Tracy) and criticism that goes away from dialog for instructing. To be clear, ad hominem (criticisms of persons) style of argumentation is never acceptable in theological and philosophical discourse. There is a difference between pointing out (mutually critical dialog) spaces where your interlocutor can grow or become more engaged and criticism of an individual. Theological education is often very personal and invokes deep passion, which mean that we are to respect one another as we dig into the material while continuously understanding that this does not lessen the need for theological acumen or critical engagement. Recommended Texts and Resources: Foucault ➔ Bernauer, James and Rasmussen, David. The Final Foucault. Boston, MA: MIT Press, 1987 ➔ Burchell, Graham et al. The Foucault Effect: Studies in Governmentality. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1991. ➔ Carlson Redell, Petra. Mysticism as Revolt: Foucault, Deleuze, and Theology Beyond Representation. Denver, CO: Davies Publishing Group, 2014. ➔ Carrette, Jeremy. Foucault and Religion. New York, NY: Routledge Press, 2000. ➔ Davidson, Arnold. The Emergence of Sexuality. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Press, 2001. ➔ Davidson, Arnold. Ed. Foucault and His Interlocutors. Chicago, IL. University of Chicago Press, 1997. ➔ Deleuze, Gilles. Foucault. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1986. ➔ Diamond, Irene and Quinby, Lee. Feminism and Foucault. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1988. ➔ Dreyfus, Hubert and Rabinow, Paul. Michel Foucault: Beyond Structuralism and Hermeneutics. 2nd Ed. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1983. ➔ Elden, Stuart. Foucault: The Birth of Biopower. Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2016. ➔ Foucault Michel and Artières, Philippe. Speech Begins After Death. Minneapolis, Mn: University of Minnesota Press, 2016. ➔ Fuggle, Sophie. Foucault/Power: Subjects of Power. New York, NY: Palgrave MacMillan, 2013. ➔ Gutting, Gary. A Very Short Introduction to Foucault. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2005. ➔ Gutting, Gary. Ed. The Cambridge Companion to Foucault. 2nd Ed. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003. STRS 4070 10 ➔ Huffer, Lynne. Mad For Foucault: Rethinking the Foundations of Queer Theory. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2010. ➔ Jordan, Mark. Convulsing Bodies: Religion and Resistance in Foucault. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2015. ➔ Lynch, Richard. Foucault’s Critical Ethics. New York, NY: Fordham University Press, 2016. ➔ Schuld, J. Joyce. Foucault and Augustine: Reconsidering Power and Love. South bend, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003. ➔ Strozier, Robert. Foucault, Subjectivity, and Truth: Historical Constructions of the Subject and Self. Detroit, MI, Wayne State Press, 2002. ➔ Tran, Jonathan. Foucault and Theology. New York, NY: T&T Clark, 2011. ➔ Visker, Rudi. Truth and Singularity: Taking Foucault Into Phenomenology. Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999. Derrida ➔ Baring, Edward and Gordon, Peter. The Trace of God: Derrida and Religion. New York, Ny: Fordham University Press, 2014. ➔ Bradley, Arthur. Derrida’s Grammatology. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2008. ➔ Caputo, John D. Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2000. ➔ Caputo John D, Dooley, Mark, and Scanlon, Michael D. Questioning God. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2001. ➔ Caputo, John D. and Scanlon, Michael. God, The Gift, and PostModernism. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1999. ➔ Coward, Harold and Foshay, Toby. Eds. Derrida and Negative Theology. New York, NY: SUNY Press, 1992. ➔ Gaston, Sean and Maclachlan, Ian. Reading Derrida’s Grammatology. New York, NY: Continuum Press, 1998. ➔ Glendinning, Simon, Derrida: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2011. ➔ Kamuf, Peggy. To Follow: The Wake of Jacques Derrida. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press, 2012. ➔ Naas, Michael. Derrida From Now On. New York, NY: Fordham Press, 2008. ➔ Naas, Michael. Miracle and Machine: Jacques Derrida and the Two Sources of Religion, Science, and the Media. New York, NY: Fordham Press, 2012. ➔ Naas, Michael. The End of the World and Other Teachable Moments: Jacques Derrida’s Final Seminar. New York, NY: Fordham Press, 2014. ➔ Royle, Nicholas. After Derrida. Manchester, UK: Manchester UNiversity Press, 1995. ➔ Ulmer, Gregory L. Applied Grammatology: Post(e)-Pedagogy from Jacques Derrida to Joseph Beuys. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins Press, 1985. Both STRS 4070 11 ➔ Bennington, Geoff. Scatter 1: The Politics of Foucault, Heidegger, and Derrida. New York, NY: Fordham Press, 2016. ➔ Boyne, Roy. Foucault and Derrida: The Other Side of Reason. New York, NY: Routledge Press, 1990. ➔ Bradley, Arthur. Negative Theology and Modern French Philosophy. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2014. ➔ Custer, Olivia et al., Foucault/Derrida: Fifty Years Later: The Futures of Genealogy, Deconstruction, and Politics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2015. ➔ Megill, Allan. Prophets of Extremity: Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, and Derrida. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1987. ➔ Yubraj, Aryal et al. Between Foucault and Derrida. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press, 2016. Negative and Apophatic theology ➔ Alfsgav, Knut. What No Mind Can Conceive: On the Significance of Christological Apophaticism. Leuven, Belgium: Peeters Publishing, 2010. ➔ Boesel, Chris And Keller, Catherine. Apophatic Bodies: Negative Theology, Incarnation, and Relationality. New York, Ny: Fordham University Press, 2009. ➔ Bulhof, Ilse and ten Kate, Lauren. Flight of the Gods: Philosophical Perspectives on Negative Theology. New York, NY: Fordham University Press, 2000. ➔ Carabine, Deirdre. The UNknown God: From Plato to Eriugena. Salem, OR: Cascade Books, 2015. ➔ Fagenblat, Michael. Negative Theology as Jewish Modernity. Bloomington, IN: University of Indiana Press, 2017. ➔ Flory, Mark. Transforming Practices: Hesychastic Correctives to Postmodern Apophaticism. Las Vegas, NV: CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2015. ➔ Franke, William. On What Cannot Be Said: Apophatic Discourses in Philosophy, Religion, Literature, and the Arts vol. 1, Classical Formulations. South Bend, In: University of Notre Dame Press, 2007. ➔ Hall, John Douglas. What Christianity is Not: An Exercise in Negative Theology. Salem, OR: Cascade Books, 2013. ➔ Keller, Catherine. Cloud of the Impossible: Negative Theology and Planetary Entanglement. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2014. ➔ Long, D. Stephen. Speaking of God: Theology, Language, and Truth. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing, 2009. ➔ Marion, Jean-Luc. God Without Being. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2012. ➔ Marion, Jean-Luc. Negative Uncertainties. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2015. ➔ Rocca,Gregory. Speaking of the Incomprehensible God: Thomas Aquinas on the Interplay of Positive and Negative Theology. Washington D.C.: CUA Press, 2008. ➔ Sells, Michael. Mystical Languages of the Unsaying. Chicago, Il: University of Chicago Press, 1994. STRS 4070 12 ➔ Ticciati, Susannah. A New Apophaticism: Augustine and Redemption of Signs Performance Studies and Negative Epistemologies. Leiden, Netherlands, Brill Publishing, 2015. ➔ Turner, Denys. The Darkness of God. Cambridge, UK: University of Cambridge Press, 1998. ➔ Turner, Denys and Davies, Oliver. Silence and the Word: Negative Theology and the Incarnation. Cambridge, UK: University of Cambridge Press, 2008. ➔ VanHoozer, Kevin and Warner, Martin. Transcending Boundaries in Philosophy and Theology. New York, NY: Routledge Press, 2007. ➔ Williams, Rowan. The Edge of Words: God and the Habits of Language. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Press, 2014. ➔ Wyschogrod, Edith. CrossOver Queries: Dwelling with Negatives, Embodying Philosophy’s Others. New York, NY: Fordham University Press, 2006. ➔ Zlomislic, Marko. Cross and Khora: Deconstruction and Christianity in the Work of John Caputo. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishing, 2010. NB: Instructor has the right to adapt the syllabus at any time. STRS 4070 13