Radical political theology religion and politics after liberalism / [electronic resource] :
Clayton Crockett.
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2011.
- x, 202 p.
- Insurrections : critical studies in religion, politics, and culture .
- Insurrections. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the freedom of radical theology after the death of God -- The parallax of religion: theology and ideology -- Sovereignty and the weakness of God -- Baruch Spinoza and the potential for a radical political theology -- Carl Schmitt, Leo Strauss, and the theo-political problem of liberalism -- Elements for radical democracy: plasticity, equality, and governmentality -- Law beyond law: Agamben, Deleuze, and the unconscious event -- Radical theology and the event: Deleuze with Paul -- Plasticity and the future of theology: messianicity and the deconstruction of Christianity -- Conclusion: six theses on political theology.
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