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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA tour de force that should be required reading for theologians, philosophers, and critical, political and economic theorists alike. -- Brent A. R. Hege Radical Philosophy This is a thoughtful, clearly written and challenging book. Philosophy in Review ...this is a valuable work indeed that deserves a wide hearing in theological circles. -- Daniel Liechty Religion Crockett... introduces his concept of radical political theology through an impressive analysis of its relation to the rise of the Religious Right. This capacity to intertwine the theoretical and the everyday is part of the promise of [his] thought... Political Theology
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Freedom of Radical Theology After the Death of God 1. The Parallax of Religion: Theology and Ideology 2. Sovereignty and the Weakness of God 3. Baruch Spinoza and the Potential for a Radical Political Theology 4. Carl Schmitt, Leo Strauss, and the Theo-Political Problem of Liberalism 5. Elements for Radical Democracy: Plasticity, Equality, and Governmentality 6. Law Beyond Law: Agamben, Deleuze, and the Unconscious Event 7. Radical Theology and the Event: St. Paul with Deleuze 8. Plasticity and the Future of Theology: Messianicity and the Deconstruction of Christianity Conclusion: Six Theses on Political Theology Notes Index
