Radical Theology and Emerging Christianity: Deconstruction, Materialism and Religious Practices (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781409455912)

The 'theological turn' in continental philosophy and the 'turn to Paul' in political philosophy have occasioned a return to radical theology, a tradition whose philosophical heritage can be traced to the death of God announced in the work of Nietzsche and Hegel. John D. Caputo's deconstructive theology and Slavoj Zizek's materialist theology are two radical theologies that explore what it might mean to pass through the death of God and to abandon this experience as specifically Christian. Radical Theology and Emerging Christianity demonstrates how these theologies are transforming everyday religious practices through an examination of the work of Peter Rollins and Kester Brewin, two figures at the radical margins of a contemporary expression of Western religiosity called emerging Christianity. The author uses her analysis of all four figures to argue that deconstructive practices can enable religious communities to become part of a wider materialist collective in which the death of God continues to resonate. Pushing the methodological boundaries of philosophy of religion by examining religious practices as the site of philosophical signification, the book challenges scholars and practitioners alike to a new and more demanding dialogue between theory and practice.

Author: Katharine Sarah Moody
ISBN-10: 1409455912
ISBN-13: 9781409455912
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 08/28/2015
Pages: 286
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d