William Desmond's original and creative work in metaphysics is attractingmore and more attention from philosophers of religion. Putting Desmond inconversation with John D. Caputo, an important philosopher of religion from theContinental tradition, Christopher Ben Simpson casts new light on Desmond's complex, multifaceted, and nuanced thought. The comparative approach allows Simpson to get atthe core of recent debates in the philosophy of religion. He develops a richunderstanding of how ethics and religion are informed by metaphysics, and contraststhis approach to the decidedly anti-metaphysical stance in Continental philosophy.Religion, Metaphysics, and the Postmodern presents a systematic analysis ofDesmond's thought as it advances work on Caputo's thinking and on the philosophy ofreligion.