The devil reads Derrida : and other essays on the university, the church, politics, and the arts - Smith, James K. A., 1970- (Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2009)
God, the future, and the politics of freedom : reflections on "open theism" -- It only hurts when I laugh : why Harper's won't change America -- The economics of the emerging church -- The pendulum of Evangelicals and politics : on Greg Boyd's Myth of a Christian nation -- The God of Americanism : on Mitt Romney's "faith in America" -- Constantinianism of the left? : on Jim Wallis and Barack Obama -- Leftish Constantinianism revisited : an interview -- The last prophet of Leviathan : on Mark Lilla's The stillborn God -- Picturing faith : criticism. Absence as a window : on the poetry of Franz Wright -- Dumbing down discernment? -- The devil reads Derrida : fashion, French philosophy, and postmodernism -- Our history of violence -- Harry Potter and the prophet of doom -- Passing on The passion -- Faith in the flesh in American beauty : Christian reflections on film -- A prayer.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Keywords: Christianity -- 21st century; Philosophical theology; Christianity and culture; Christianity and politics