摘要:IT IS DIFFICULT TO IGNORE THE FACTthat much of contemporary continental thought has been affected by what Dominique Janicaud has called "a theological turn."1Though Janicaud diagnosed this turn with respect to phenomenology, we might also use it to designate a broader preoccupation with religion that runs the length of the philosophical spectrum from the devoutly religious to the adamantly atheistic, from Jean-Luc Marion and Emmanuel Levinas to Slavoj .i.ek and Alain Badiou. Much can be and, indeed, has been said about this "turn." But of particular interest here is the way in which it has managed to re-introduce scripture and philosophy to one another.2In light of this reconnection, both parties are left to assess the contemporary value of such an exchange and both parties.both philosophy and scripture.appear to have as much to lose as to gain