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Caputo</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">John David Caputo</div><br />October 26, 1940<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart bday">1940-10-26</span>)</span> (age <span class="currentage"></span>84)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, US</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/La_Salle_University" title="La Salle University">La Salle University</a> <a href="/wiki/Bachelors_of_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Bachelors of Arts">(BA)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Villanova_University" title="Villanova University">Villanova University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">MA</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Bryn_Mawr_College" title="Bryn Mawr College">Bryn Mawr College</a> (<a href="/wiki/PhD" class="mw-redirect" title="PhD">PhD</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Era</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/20th-century_philosophy" class="mw-redirect" title="20th-century philosophy">20th-century philosophy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Western_philosophy" title="Western philosophy">Western philosophy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Continental_philosophy" title="Continental philosophy">Continental philosophy</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Phenomenology_(philosophy)" title="Phenomenology (philosophy)">phenomenology</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Postmodern_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Postmodern Christianity">postmodern Christianity</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Institutions</th><td class="infobox-data org"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Villanova_University" title="Villanova University">Villanova University</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Syracuse_University" title="Syracuse University">Syracuse University</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Doctoral students</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_K._A._Smith" title="James K. A. Smith">James K. A. Smith</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other notable students</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Theodore_George" title="Theodore George">Theodore George</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Main interests</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hermeneutics" title="Hermeneutics">Hermeneutics</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ethics" title="Ethics">ethics</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Mysticism" title="Mysticism">mysticism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Theology" title="Theology">theology</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Deconstruction" title="Deconstruction">deconstruction</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Notable ideas</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Postmodern_theology#Weak_theology" title="Postmodern theology">Weak theology</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Radical_hermeneutics" class="mw-redirect" title="Radical hermeneutics">radical hermeneutics</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://johndcaputo.com/">https://johndcaputo.com/</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John David Caputo</b> (born October 26, 1940) is an American philosopher who is the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion Emeritus at <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_University" title="Syracuse University">Syracuse University</a> and the David R. Cook Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at <a href="/wiki/Villanova_University" title="Villanova University">Villanova University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Caputo is a major figure associated with <a href="/wiki/Postmodern_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Postmodern Christianity">postmodern Christianity</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Continental_philosophy" title="Continental philosophy">continental philosophy</a> of religion, as well as the founder of the theological movement known as <a href="/wiki/Postmodern_theology#Weak_theology" title="Postmodern theology">weak theology</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Much of Caputo's work focuses on <a href="/wiki/Hermeneutics" title="Hermeneutics">hermeneutics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phenomenology_(philosophy)" title="Phenomenology (philosophy)">phenomenology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deconstruction" title="Deconstruction">deconstruction</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Theology" title="Theology">theology</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_D._Caputo&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Caputo received his BA in 1962 from <a href="/wiki/La_Salle_University" title="La Salle University">La Salle University</a>, his MA in 1964 from <a href="/wiki/Villanova_University" title="Villanova University">Villanova University</a>, and his PhD in philosophy in 1968 from <a href="/wiki/Bryn_Mawr_College" title="Bryn Mawr College">Bryn Mawr College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Work">Work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_D._Caputo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Caputo is a specialist in contemporary <a href="/wiki/Continental_philosophy" title="Continental philosophy">continental philosophy</a>, with a particular expertise in <a href="/wiki/Phenomenology_(philosophy)" title="Phenomenology (philosophy)">phenomenology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hermeneutics" title="Hermeneutics">hermeneutics</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Deconstruction" title="Deconstruction">deconstruction</a>. Over the years, he has developed a <a href="/wiki/Deconstructive" class="mw-redirect" title="Deconstructive">deconstructive</a> <a href="/wiki/Hermeneutics" title="Hermeneutics">hermeneutics</a> that he calls <a href="/wiki/Radical_hermeneutics" class="mw-redirect" title="Radical hermeneutics">radical hermeneutics</a>, which is highly influenced by the thought of the French philosopher Jacques Derrida. Additionally, Caputo has developed a distinctive approach to religion that he calls <a href="/wiki/Postmodern_theology#Weak_theology" title="Postmodern theology">weak theology</a>. Recently, his most important work has been to rebut the charges of <a href="/wiki/Relativism" title="Relativism">relativism</a> made against deconstruction by showing that deconstruction is organized around the affirmation of certain unconditional ethical and political claims. </p><p>Caputo has a special interest in continental approaches to the philosophy of religion. Some of the ideas Caputo investigates in his work include the "religion without religion" of <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Derrida" title="Jacques Derrida">Jacques Derrida</a>; the "theological turn" taken in recent French phenomenology by <a href="/wiki/Jean-Luc_Marion" title="Jean-Luc Marion">Jean-Luc Marion</a> and others; the critique of <a href="/wiki/Ontotheology" title="Ontotheology">ontotheology</a>; the dialogue of contemporary philosophy with <a href="/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo" title="Augustine of Hippo">Augustine of Hippo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul of Tarsus">Paul of Tarsus</a>; and medieval <a href="/wiki/Metaphysics" title="Metaphysics">metaphysics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mysticism" title="Mysticism">mysticism</a>. In the past, Caputo has taught courses on <a href="/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard" title="Søren Kierkegaard">Søren Kierkegaard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche" title="Friedrich Nietzsche">Friedrich Nietzsche</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Husserl" title="Edmund Husserl">Edmund Husserl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Heidegger" title="Martin Heidegger">Martin Heidegger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Levinas" title="Emmanuel Levinas">Emmanuel Levinas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gilles_Deleuze" title="Gilles Deleuze">Gilles Deleuze</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Derrida" title="Jacques Derrida">Jacques Derrida</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Positions_held">Positions held</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_D._Caputo&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Positions held"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Caputo taught philosophy at Villanova University from 1968 to 2004. He was appointed the David R. Cook Professor of Philosophy at <a href="/wiki/Villanova_University" title="Villanova University">Villanova University</a> in 1993. Caputo was the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion at <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_University" title="Syracuse University">Syracuse University</a>, where he taught in both the departments of philosophy and religion from 2004 until his retirement in 2011. He is emeritus professor at both Villanova University and Syracuse University and continues to write and lecture in both the United States and Europe. He is active in the <a href="/wiki/American_Philosophical_Association" title="American Philosophical Association">American Philosophical Association</a>, the <a href="/wiki/American_Academy_of_Religion" title="American Academy of Religion">American Academy of Religion</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Society_for_Phenomenology_and_Existential_Philosophy" title="Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy">Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy</a> and he chairs the board of editors for the <i>Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_former_students_of_Caputo">Notable former students of Caputo</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_D._Caputo&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable former students of Caputo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_George" title="Theodore George">Theodore George</a></li> <li>Michael Brogan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_K._A._Smith" title="James K. A. Smith">James K. A. Smith</a>, professor, philosopher and theologian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nythamar_de_Oliveira" title="Nythamar de Oliveira">Nythamar de Oliveira</a>, professor, philosopher and theologian</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_D._Caputo&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/John_D._Caputo_bibliography" title="John D. Caputo bibliography">John D. Caputo bibliography</a></div> <ul><li>(1978) <i>The Mystical Element in Heidegger's Thought</i> (Ohio University Press)</li> <li>(1982) <i>Heidegger and Aquinas</i> (Fordham University Press)</li> <li>(1986) <i>The Mystical Element in Heidegger's Thought</i> (Fordham University Press paperback with a new "Introduction")</li> <li>(1987) <i>Radical Hermeneutics: Repetition, Deconstruction and the Hermeneutic Project</i> (Indiana University Press)</li> <li>(1993) <i>Against Ethics - Contributions to a Poetics of Obligation with Constant Reference to Deconstruction</i> (Indiana University Press)</li> <li>(1993) <i>Demythologizing Heidegger</i> (Indiana University Press)</li> <li>(1997) <i>The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida</i> (Indiana University Press)</li> <li>(1997) <i>Deconstruction in a Nutshell: A Conversation with Jacques Derrida</i>, ed./auth. (Fordham University Press)</li> <li>(2000) <i>More Radical Hermeneutics: On Not Knowing Who We Are</i> (Indiana University Press)</li> <li>(2001) <i>On Religion</i> (Routledge Press)</li> <li>(2006) <i>Philosophy and Theology</i> (Abingdon Press)</li> <li>(2006) <i>The Weakness of God</i> (Indiana University Press)</li> <li>(2007) <i>After the Death of God</i>, with <a href="/wiki/Gianni_Vattimo" title="Gianni Vattimo">Gianni Vattimo</a> (Columbia University Press)</li> <li>(2007) <i>How to Read Kierkegaard</i> (Granta; Norton, 2008)</li> <li>(2007) <i>What Would Jesus Deconstruct?: The Good News of Postmodernism for the Church</i> (Baker Academic)</li> <li>(2013) <i>The Insistence of God: A Theology of Perhaps</i> (Indiana University Press)</li> <li>(2014) <i>Truth</i> [Philosophy in Transit] (Penguin)</li> <li>(2015) <i>Hoping Against Hope: Confessions of a Postmodern Pilgrim</i> (Fortress Press)</li> <li>(2015) <i>The Folly of God: A Theology of the Unconditional</i> (Polebridge Press)</li> <li>(2018) <i>Hermeneutics: Facts and Interpretation in the Age of Information</i> (Pelican)</li> <li>(2018) <i>The Essential Caputo: Selected Writings,</i> ed. B. Keith Putt (Indiana University Press)</li> <li>(2019) <i>Cross and Cosmos: A Theology of Difficult Glory</i> (Indiana University Press)</li> <li>(2020) <i>In Search of Radical Theology: Expositions, Explorations, Exhortations</i> (Fordham University Press)</li> <li>(2021) <i>The Collected Philosophical and Theological Papers, Volume 3 [1997-2000]: The Return of Religion,</i> ed. Eric Weislogel (John D. Caputo Archives)</li> <li>(2022) <i>The Collected Philosophical and Theological Papers, Volume 1 [1969-1985]: Aquinas, Eckhart, Heidegger: Metaphysics, Mysticism, Thought,</i> ed. Eric Weislogel (John D. Caputo Archives)</li> <li>(2022) <i>Specters of God: An Anatomy of Apophatic Imagination</i> (Indiana University Press)</li> <li>(2022) <i>The Collected Philosophical and Theological Papers, Volume 2 [1986-1996]: Hermeneutics and Deconstruction,</i> ed. Eric Weislogel (John D. Caputo Archives)</li> <li>(2023) <i>The Collected Philosophical and Theological Papers, Volume 4 [2001-2004]: Continental Philosophy of Religion,</i> ed. Eric Weislogel (John D. Caputo Archives)</li> <li>(2023) <i>What to Believe? Twelve Brief Lessons in Radical Theology</i> (Columbia University Press)</li> <li>(2024) <i>The Collected Philosophical and Theological Papers, Volume 5 [2005-2007]: Coming Out as a Theologian,</i> ed. Eric Weislogel (John D. Caputo Archives)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_D._Caputo&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Kh%C3%B4ra" title="Khôra">Khôra</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_philosophers" title="List of American philosophers">List of American philosophers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_deconstructionists" class="mw-redirect" title="List of deconstructionists">List of deconstructionists</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_D._Caputo&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-lower-alpha" style="column-width: 30em;"> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.westarinstitute.org/membership/westar-fellows/fellows-directory/john-d-caputo/">"John D. 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Caputo at philpapers.org</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070927212438/http://www.jcrt.org/archives/04.2/caputo.shtml">"After Jacques Derrida Comes the Future"</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (archived September 27, 2007), by John D. Caputo</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070927212336/http://www.jcrt.org/archives/01.3/caputo.shtml">"For Love of the Things Themselves: Derrida’s Hyper-Realism"</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (archived September 27, 2007), by John D. Caputo</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jcrt.org/archives/06.1/caputo.pdf">"Jacques Derrida (1930–2004)"</a> (pdf), by John D. Caputo</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170314154916/http://philosophyandscripture.org/JohnCaputo.pdf">"Scripture: A Prologue"</a> (pdf), by John D. Caputo</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jcrt.org/archives/04.3/caputo.pdf">"Without Sovereignty, Without Being: Unconditionality, the Coming God and Derrida's Democracy to Come"</a> (pdf), by John D. Caputo</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.crosscurrents.org/Caputo0406.pdf">"Theopoetic/theopolitic"</a> (pdf) John D. 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