Description: Further DetailsTitle: A Theology of FailureCondition: NewSubtitle: Žižek against Christian InnocenceISBN-10: 0823284077EAN: 9780823284078ISBN: 9780823284078Publisher: Fordham University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 05/07/2019Description: Everyone 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.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. A Theology of Failure 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Marika RoseGenre: Law & PoliticsBook Series: Perspectives in Continental PhilosophyTopic: Literary Criticism, Philosophy & SpiritualityRelease Year: 2019 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: A Theology of Failure
Title: A Theology of Failure
Subtitle: Žižek against Christian Innocence
ISBN-10: 0823284077
EAN: 9780823284078
ISBN: 9780823284078
Release Date: 05/07/2019
Release Year: 2019
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: Philosophy & Spirituality
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Theology of Failure : ŽIžEk Against Christian Innocence
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Subject: Christian Theology / Systematic, Movements / Deconstruction, Mysticism, Movements / Post-Structuralism, History & Surveys / Modern, Semiotics & Theory
Publication Year: 2019
Item Height: 0.9 in
Item Weight: 19.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Religion, Body, Mind & Spirit, Philosophy
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: Marika Rose
Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy Ser.
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
