Kotsko What Is Theology?

Christian Thought and Contemporary Life
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-8232-9784-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten

Reihe: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy

Adam Kotsko makes the case for the continued relevance of Christian theology for contemporary intellectual life, demonstrating its vibrancy as a creative and constructive pursuit outside the church, rethinking its often rivalrous relationship with philosophy, and tracing the theological roots of modern models of governance and racial oppression.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kotsko, Adam

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xi

Introduction: What Is Theology? 1

PART I: THEOLOGY BEYOND THE LIMITS OF RELIGION ALONE

Bonhoeffer on Continuity and Crisis: From Objective Spirit to Religionless Christianity 27

Resurrection without Religion 39

Toward a Materialist Theology: Slavoj Žižek on Thinking God beyond the Master Signifier 50

PART II: THEOLOGY UNDER PHILOSOPHICAL CRITIQUE

The Failed Divine Performative:

Reading Judith Butler’s Critique of Theology with Anselm’s On the Fall of the Devil 63

Translation, Hospitality, and Supersession:

Lamin Sannehand Jacques Derrida on the Future of Christianity 79

Agamben the Theologian 94

PART III: THEOLOGY AND THE GENEALOGY OF THE MODERN WORLD

The Problem of Evil and the Problem of Legitimacy 109

Modernity’s Original Sin: Toward a Theological Genealogy of Race 122

The Trinitarian Century: God, Governance, and Race 143

Acknowledgments 165
Notes 167
Bibliography 183
Index 191

Über Autor(innen)

Kotsko Adam:
Adam Kotsko teaches in the Shimer Great Books School at North Central College. His most recent books are Agamben’s Philosophical Trajectory and Neoliberalism’s Demons: On the Political Theology of Late Capital.Adam Kotsko teaches in the Shimer Great Books School at North Central College. His most recent books are Agamben’s Philosophical Trajectory and Neoliberalism’s Demons: On the Political Theology of Late Capital.