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### [Tsimtsum In Life Of Pi, Part 1 (Daniel Reiser)](/religioustheory/posts/tsimtsum-in-life-of-pi-part-1-daniel-reiser/)

November 25, 2020 — By Daniel Reiser

Yann Martel’s 2001 bestselling novel Life of Pi, later released in 2012 as a prize-winning box office hit, addresses themes such as religion, faith It

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### [The Irreducible (Jean-Luc Marion)](/religioustheory/posts/the-irreducible-jean-luc-marion/)

August 6, 2019 — By Jean-Luc Marion

Of that which we cannot speak, must we remain silent? Probably—especially if we understand why we cannot say anything about it, and have good reason for not

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### [Transmodern Sufism, Or Stepping With Levinas On The Footprints Of A Speculative Sufism Not Re-Framed By 20th Century Orientalists, Part 2 (Philipp Valentini)](/religioustheory/posts/transmodern-sufism-or-stepping-with-levinas-on-the-footprints-of-a-speculative-sufism-not-re-framed-by-20th-century-orientalists-part-2-philipp-valentini/)

September 15, 2018 — By Philipp Valentini

The following is the second installment of a three-part series. The first can be found here. A non-Paulinian theology understands the Law not as a whole but as

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### [Love Strong as Death – Jews against Heidegger, On the Issue of Finitude – Part 2 (Agata Bielik-Robson)](/religioustheory/posts/love-strong-as-death-jews-against-heidegger-on-the-issue-of-finitude-part-2-agata-bielik-robson/)

August 1, 2016 — By Agata Bielik-Robson

The following is the second of a two-part series. The first segment was published on July 25, 2016 and can be accessed here It highlights key arguments

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