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John D. Caputo

John David Caputo is an American philosopher who is the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion Emeritus at Syracuse University and the David R. Cook Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Villanova University. Caputo is a major figure associated with postmodern Christianity and continental philosophy of religion, as well as the founder of the theological movement known as weak theology. Much of Caputo's work focuses on hermeneutics, phenomenology, deconstruction, and theology.

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Hermeneutics: Facts and Interpretation in the Age of Information

Hermeneutics: Facts and Interpretation in the Age of Information

2018
Hoping Against Hope: Confessions of a Postmodern Pilgrim

Hoping Against Hope: Confessions of a Postmodern Pilgrim

2015
Truth

Truth

2013
The Insistence of God: A Theology of Perhaps

The Insistence of God: A Theology of Perhaps

2013
What Would Jesus Deconstruct?: The Good News of Postmodernism for the Church

What Would Jesus Deconstruct?: The Good News of Postmodernism for the Church

2007
How to Read Kierkegaard

How to Read Kierkegaard

2007
After the Death of God

After the Death of God

2007

with Gianni Vattimo

The Weakness of God: A Theology of the Event

The Weakness of God: A Theology of the Event

2006
Philosophy and Theology

Philosophy and Theology

2006
Deconstruction in a Nutshell: Conversation with Jacques Derrida

Deconstruction in a Nutshell: Conversation with Jacques Derrida

1996
Radical Hermeneutics: Repetition, Deconstruction, and the Hermeneutic Project

Radical Hermeneutics: Repetition, Deconstruction, and the Hermeneutic Project

1987