DERRIDA'S INHOSPITABLE DESERT OF THE MESSIANIC: RELIGION WITHIN THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE ALONE.

The article explores philosopher Jacques Derrida's ambivalence toward commitment to religion through an examination of the relation of his thinking about religion to the calls to justice and hospitality. The author comments on Derrida's attempt to undercut the possibility of religious violence. He also argues that Derrida's religious thinking can itself be deconstructed in order to reopen the possibility of hospitality.