Alain Gignac Université de Montréal Romans through History and Cultures Seminar

“Reception of Paul by non-Christian philosophers today” (we have this since last year, and this was tentatively accepted by the steering committee for 2002)

I want to present and discuss three contemporary European philosophers who read the Letter to the Romans from their own philosophical perspectives. They are not very known in the American biblical field, I think. Here, Romans proves again to be a seminal thought for western culture.

AGAMBEN, G., Le temps qui reste. Un commentaire de l'Épītre aux Romains / trad. par J. Revel.- Paris: Rivages, 2000.

BADIOU, A., Saint Paul. La fondation de l'universalisme (Les essais du Collčge international de philosophie).- Paris: PUF, 1997.

TAUBES, J., La théologie politique de Paul. Schmitt, Benjamin, Nietzsche et Freud / trad. par M. Köller et D. Séglard (Traces écrites).- Paris: Seuil, 1999 (V.O.All. 1993).