John Caputo, The Folly of God

Published: March 20, 2016, 6 p.m.

John Caputo\xa0is Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion Emeritus at Syracuse University and the David R. Cook Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Villanova University. He is a "radical" theologian. \xa0 From his website: \xa0"Caputo treats "sacred" texts as a poetics of the human condition, or as a 'theo-poetics,' a poetics of the event harbored in the name of God." \xa0 In this conversation we discuss his book for the popular reader,\xa0The Folly of God: \xa0A Theology of the Unconditional. \xa0 \xa0How to speak of God when God doesn't exist. \xa0 Don't miss his exciting spiritual autobiography,\xa0Hoping Against Hope: \xa0Confessions of a Post-Modern Pilgrim.