B E r I c B o y n t o n Edited by o y a n d M a r t I n K a v K a n t o n a n d K a v K a S a i n t l y I n fl u e n c e Saintly Influence Edith Wyschogrod and the Possibilities of Philosophy of Religion F o r d h PersPectives in am continental PhilosoPhy Saintly Influence .................17403$ $$FM 07-08-0914:43:13 PS PAGEi SeriesBoard JamesBernauer DrucillaCornell ThomasR.Flynn KevinHart RichardKearney Jean-LucMarion Adriaan Peperzak ThomasSheehan HentdeVries MeroldWestphal EdithWyschogrod MichaelZimmerman .................17403$ $$FM 07-08-0914:43:13 PS PAGEii John D. Caputo, series editor PERSPECTIVES IN CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY .................17403$ $$FM 07-08-0914:43:14 PS PAGEiii .................17403$ $$FM 07-08-0914:43:14 PS PAGEiv Edited by ERIC BOYNTON and MARTIN KAVKA Saintly Influence Edith Wyschogrod and the Possibilities of Philosophy of Religion FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS NewYork 2009 .................17403$ $$FM 07-08-0914:43:14 PS PAGEv Copyright(cid:2)2009FordhamUniversityPress Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrieval system,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans—electronic,mechanical,photocopy, recording,oranyother—exceptforbriefquotationsinprintedreviews,withouttheprior permissionofthepublisher. FordhamUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyofURLs forexternalorthird-partyInternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublicationanddoesnot guaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Saintlyinfluence:EdithWyschogrodandthepossibilitiesofphilosophyofreligion/ editedbyEricBoyntonandMartinKavka.—1sted. p. cm.—(PerspectivesinContinentalphilosophy) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-0-8232-3087-7(cloth:alk.paper)— ISBN978-0-8232-3088-4(pbk.:alk.paper) 1.Religion—Philosophy. 2.Continentalphilosophy. 3.Wyschogrod,Edith. I.Wyschogrod,Edith. II.Boynton,Eric. III.Kavka,Martin. BL51.S3493 2009 191—dc22 2009009040 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica 11 10 09 5 4 3 2 1 Firstedition .................17403$ $$FM 07-08-0914:43:15 PS PAGEvi In memory of Iris Marion Young (1949–2006) .................17403$ $$FM 07-08-0914:43:15 PS PAGEvii .................17403$ $$FM 07-08-0914:43:15 PS PAGEviii Contents Preface xi Introduction 1 EricBoyntonandMartinKavka TheUncertaintyPrinciple 16 MarkC.Taylor PART I. THE ETHICAL AND TRANSCENDENCE TheImpossiblePossibilityofEthics 31 ThomasJ.J.Altizer TheEmptySuitcaseasRainbow 48 MeroldWestphal HostingtheStrangerandthePilgrim:AChristian TheologicalReflection 63 GrahamWard ‘‘God,’’Gods,God 82 AdriaanT.Peperzak PART II. PRACTICES OF INFLUENCE TheNameofGodinLevinas’sPhilosophy 97 RobertGibbs ix .................17403$ CNTS 07-08-0914:43:16 PS PAGEix