Description
Book SynopsisAnarchy and the Kingdom of God reclaims the concept of anarchism both as a political philosophy and a way of thinking of the sociopolitical sphere from a theological perspective. Through a genuinely theological approach to the issues of power, coercion, and oppression, Davor Džalto advances human freedomone of the most prominent forces in human historyas a foundational theological principle in Christianity. That principle enables a fresh reexamination of the problems of democracy and justice in the age of global (neoliberal) capitalism.
Table of ContentsIntroduction | 1
Anarchism and (Orthodox) Christianity: An (Un)Natural Alliance? | 7
Part I: (Un)Orthodox Political Theologies: Histories
The Symphonia Doctrine: Introduction | 27
Early Christianity: Who’s Conducting “Symphonia”? | 35
Divus Constantinus and Court Theology in the Eastern Empire | 43
Conducting “Symphonia” in Russian Lands | 67
The Modern Nation, Ethnicity, and State-Based Political Theologies | 88
Newer Approaches | 101
Political Theology as Ideology: A Deconstruction | 112
Part II: Anarchy and the Kingdom of God: Prophecies
Alternative and “Proto-Anarchist” Political Theologies | 123
Being as Freedom and Necessity | 157
Something Is Rotten in This Reality of Ours | 169
Eschatology and Liturgy | 180
“This World” and the Individualized Mode of Existence | 184
The Politics of Nothingness | 190
Theology as a Critical Discourse? | 204
The End and the Beginning | 247
Acknowledgments | 253
Notes | 255
Bibliography | 293
Index | 309
