{"product_id":"a-theology-of-failure-zizek-against-christian-innocence-hardback-9780823284078","title":"A Theology of Failure; Žižek Against Christian Innocence (Hardback) 9780823284078","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Theology of Failure\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eŽižek Against Christian Innocence\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMarika Rose (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780823284078\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 May 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone agrees that theology has failed; but the question of how to understand and respond to this failure is complex and contested. Against both the radical orthodox attempt to return to a time before the theology's failure and the deconstructive theological attempt to open theology up to the hope of a future beyond failure, Rose proposes an account of Christian identity as constituted by, not despite, failure. Understanding failure as central to theology opens up new possibilities for confronting Christianity's violent and kyriarchal history and abandoning the attempt to discover a pure Christ outside of the grotesque materiality of the church.\u003cbr\u003e The Christian mystical tradition begins with Dionysius the Areopagite's uncomfortable but productive conjunction of Christian theology and Neoplatonism. The tensions generated by this are central to Dionysius's legacy, visible not only in subsequent theological thought but also in much twentieth century continental philosophy as it seeks to disentangle itself from its Christian ancestry. \u003ci\u003eA Theology of Failure\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the work of Slavoj Žižek represents an attempt to repeat the original move of Christian mystical theology, bringing together the themes of language, desire, and transcendence not with Neoplatonism but with a materialist account of the world. Tracing these themes through the work of Dionysius and Derrida and through contemporary debates about the gift, violence, and revolution, this book offers a critical theological engagement with Žižek's account of social and political transformation, showing how Žižek's work makes possible a materialist reading of apophatic theology and Christian identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e: Failing   1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1 \u003c\/b\u003eOntology and Desire in Dionysius the Areopagite   15\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2 \u003c\/b\u003eApophatic Theology and Its Vicissitudes   29\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3\u003c\/b\u003e The Death Drive: From Freud to Žižek   56\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4\u003c\/b\u003e The Gift and Violence   86\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5 \u003c\/b\u003eDivine Violence as Trauma   119\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e6 \u003c\/b\u003eMystical Theology and the Four Discourses   150\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eConclusion\u003c\/b\u003e: Theology as Failure   175\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/b\u003e  183\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNotes \u003c\/b\u003e  185\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBibliography \u003c\/b\u003e  235\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIndex \u003c\/b\u003e  251\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580354523416,"sku":"9780823284078","price":87.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-theology-of-failure-zizek-against-christian-innocence-hardback-9780823284078","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}