Acts of Religion

Acts of Religion compiled in close association with Jacques Derrida brings together for the first time a number of Derrida's writings on religion and questions of faith and their relation to philosophy and political culture. The essays discuss religious texts from Jewish Christian and Muslim traditions as well as religious thinkers such as Kant Levinas and Gershom Scholem and comprise pieces spanning Derrida's career. The collection includes two new essays by Derrida that appear here for the first time in any language as well as a substantial introduction by Gil Anidjar that explores Derrida's return to his own religious origins and his attempts to bring to light hidden religious dimensions of the social cultural historical and political.