Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-228) and index.
Introduction : slogans -- Savage genesis : complicating the origin -- In the beginning was the Word : repeat -- The other, the thief, the great furtive one : saving the names of God -- How to void speaking : Derrida and negative theology -- Messianism and the other to come -- Touching : the impossible gift -- Gift or poison? Theological responses to Derrida -- Conclusion : a useless, indispensable name.