{"product_id":"what-is-theology-christian-thought-and-contemporary-life-hardback-9780823297818","title":"What Is Theology?; Christian Thought and Contemporary Life (Hardback) 9780823297818","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhat Is Theology?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eChristian Thought and Contemporary Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAdam Kotsko (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780823297818\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 September 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.49 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\u003eThe secular world may have thought it was done with theology, but theology was not done with it. Recent decades have seen a resurgence of religion on the social and political scene, which have driven thinkers across many disciplines to grapple with the Christian theological inheritance of the modern world. \u003cbr\u003e Adam Kotsko provides a unique guide to this fraught terrain. The title essay establishes a fresh and unexpected redefinition of theology and its complex and often polemical relationship with its sister discipline of philosophy. Subsequent essays build on this framework from three different perspectives. In the first part, Kotsko demonstrates the continued vibrancy of Christian theology as a creative and constructive pursuit outside the walls of the church, showing that theological concepts can underwrite a powerful critique of the modern world. The second approaches Christian theology from the perspective of a range of contemporary philosophers, showing how philosophical thought is drawn to theology even despite itself. The concluding section is devoted to the unexpected theological roots of the modern world-system, making a case that the interplay of state and economy and the structure of modern racial oppression both build on theological patterns of thought.\u003cbr\u003e Kotsko's book ultimately shows that theology is not a scholarly game or an edifying spiritual discipline, but a world-shaping force of great power. Lives are at stake when we do theology—and if we don't do it, someone else will.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface \u003c\/i\u003e  xi\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e: What Is Theology?   1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePART I : THEOLOGY BEYOND THE LIMITS OF RELIGION ALONE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bonhoeffer on Continuity and Crisis: From Objective Spirit to Religionless Christianity   27\u003cbr\u003e Resurrection without Religion   39\u003cbr\u003e Toward a Materialist Theology: Slavoj Žižek on Thinking God beyond the Master Signifier   50\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePART II : THEOLOGY UNDER PHILOSOPHICAL CRITIQUE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Failed Divine Performative:\u003cbr\u003e Reading Judith Butler's Critique of Theology with Anselm's On the Fall of the Devil   63\u003cbr\u003e Translation, Hospitality, and Supersession:\u003cbr\u003e Lamin Sannehand Jacques Derrida on the Future of Christianity   79\u003cbr\u003e Agamben the Theologian   94\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePART III : THEOLOGY AND THE GENEALOGY OF THE MODERN WORLD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Problem of Evil and the Problem of Legitimacy   109\u003cbr\u003e Modernity's Original Sin: Toward a Theological Genealogy of Race   122\u003cbr\u003e The Trinitarian Century: God, Governance, and Race   143\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/i\u003e  165\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes \u003c\/i\u003e  167\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBibliography \u003c\/i\u003e  183\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex \u003c\/i\u003e  191\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":52580465082648,"sku":"9780823297818","price":79.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/what-is-theology-christian-thought-and-contemporary-life-hardback-9780823297818","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}