Luther after Derrida: The Deconstructive Drive of Theology

Marisa Strizzi's book explores Martin Luther's theology and Jacques Derrida's deconstruction, highlighting their interactive relationship and the ways in which Luther's theology engages with deconstructive motifs. It argues that a deconstructive reading of theological traditions is a constructive way of honoring them.

Format: Hardback
Length: 276 pages
Publication date: 25 April 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

This book creatively engages Martin Luthers theology and Jacques Derridas deconstruction in a systematic theological enterprise. Guided by the general question of how to think about theology in postmodern times within a given tradition, Marisa Strizzi meticulously follows deconstruction at work, focusing on distinctive theological elaborations. She argues that Luthers theology has a significant deconstructive drive and, through the thorough reading of texts, illustrates the ways in which such theology is interactive with the thought of Derrida. Intersections, echoes, and mirrors allow a happy exchange in which the vital theological topics of Luther meet key deconstructive motifs. Thus, the cross, Deus absconditus, scriptura, fides, gratia, and Christo encounter khora, écriture, the gift, faith, the messianic, and autoimmune sovereignty. Strizzi solidly sustains that the deconstructive reading of theological traditions proves to be a critical constructive way of honoring them.

Weight: 564g
Dimension: 159 x 237 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781978713925