{"product_id":"awaiting-the-impossible-paperback","title":"Awaiting the Impossible: A Dialogue with Derrida, Deconstruction, and the Endless Wait for Messiah - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSee Seng Tan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGordon Wong\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book dialogues with deconstruction's \"religion without religion\" and its implications for theology. In the view of many, deconstruction is a purely nihilistic force bent on the wanton destruction of long-held philosophical, religious, and moral traditions. However, this perspective ignores the fact that deconstruction--in the hands of its standard bearers like Jacques Derrida, John Caputo, and others--has all along been a religious exercise in demythologization. Furnishing a Christian rejoinder to deconstruction's claims about and objections to orthodox religion (and particularly to Christianity), the book addresses the following questions: How can deconstruction open a space for an affirmative faith to occur and be professed? Can deconstruction ever be hospitable toward Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah for which it waits?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee Seng Tan is president and CEO of International Students Inc. (ISI), a Christian nonprofit organization headquartered in Colorado Springs. Before entering vocational ministry, Tan worked as a political scientist, university academic, and think-tank leader. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Responsibility to Provide in Southeast Asia \u003c\/i\u003e(2019), \u003ci\u003eThe Legal Authority of ASEAN as a Security Institution \u003c\/i\u003e(2019), \u003ci\u003eMultilateral Asian Security Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), and \u003ci\u003eThe Making of the Asia Pacific \u003c\/i\u003e(2013).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42170248888455,"sku":"9781666741629","price":24.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d4209a0fc75ec967658860b09bf0d87e.webp?v=1733346912","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/awaiting-the-impossible-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}