Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction, or, A guide to theological thinking in cyberspace / Graham Ward. -- pt. 1. Selected texts. Georges Bataille (1897-1962): introduction Bataille text: from Theory of religion / Craig James. -- Jacques Lacan (1901-1981): introduction Lacan text: The Death of God / Cleo McNelly Kearns. -- Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995): introduction Levinas texts: God and philosophy / Robert Gibbs. -- Roland Barthes (1915-1980): introduction Barthes text: Wrestling with the angel: textual analysis of Genesis 32: 23-32 / Valentine Cunningham. -- René Girard (b. 1923): introduction Girard text: the God of victims / Gerard Loughlin. -- Michel Foucault (1926-1984): introduction Foucault text: from The History of Sexuality / Mary McClintock Fulkerson and Susan J. Dunlap. -- Michel de Certau (1925-1986): introduction Certeau texts: how is Christianity thinkable today? and White ecstasy / Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt. -- Jacques Derrida (b. 1930): introduction Derrida Text: From How to avoid speaking / Kevin Hart

"Arguing for a new direction in postmodern theological thinking, away from the liberalism and nihilism of those who name themselves postmodern theologians, this book collects together for the first time important examples of the work of continental critical theorists relevant to the study of theology or religious studies. Each essay or excerpt is selected, edited and introduced by a leading exponent of that person's work, an exponent who is also a leading figure in the contemporary theological debate."--Jacket