Political theology : a critical introduction / Saul Newman

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: Cambridge : Polity, 2019Description: 198 pContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781509528400
  • 1509528393
  • 9781509528394
  • 1509528407
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Political theology.Online resources:
Contents:
The politico-theological problem -- Max Stirner and the ghosts of the secular modern -- God is unconscious : psychoanalysis and political theology -- Auctoritas non veritas : on the sovereign -- Pastoral power and political spirituality : Foucault and political theology -- Economic theology -- The politics of the profane.
Summary: "God is dead, but his presence lives on in politics. In this intellectual tour-de-force, Saul Newman shows how political theology arose alongside secularism, and relates to the problem of legitimising power and authority in modernity. This book will be a crucial text for students, scholars and readers interested political theology"-- Provided by publisher.
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Standardlitteratur Johannelunds teologiska högskola Huvudbiblioteket Historisk och Praktisk teologi (242-299) 261.7 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 166114288

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The politico-theological problem -- Max Stirner and the ghosts of the secular modern -- God is unconscious : psychoanalysis and political theology -- Auctoritas non veritas : on the sovereign -- Pastoral power and political spirituality : Foucault and political theology -- Economic theology -- The politics of the profane.

"God is dead, but his presence lives on in politics. In this intellectual tour-de-force, Saul Newman shows how political theology arose alongside secularism, and relates to the problem of legitimising power and authority in modernity. This book will be a crucial text for students, scholars and readers interested political theology"-- Provided by publisher.

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