The Future of Political Theology Religious and Theological Perspectives [Hardcover]

Recent shifts in the contemporary cultural, political, and religious landscape are engendering intensive attention concerning political theology. New trends and traditional ideas equally colour these movements. Given that a medley of recent books and articles have exhaustively treated both the history and the current resurgence of political theology, we now find ourselves faced with the task of reinventing and redefining the future of political theology. This book presents a rich overview of fresh, contemporary theoretical approaches uniquely prioritizing the prospects of the future of political theology, but also making room for significant interventions from philosophy and political theory. Including prominent essays on Judaic, Islamic, Buddhist and Christian perspectives, this book balances elements from post-modern theology with more classical as well as anti-post-modern approaches.

Foreword by Graham Ward
Introduction P?ter Losonczi, Mika Luoma-aho and Aakash Singh

Part I The Past of Political Theology: Concepts and Challenges
1. The secular sphere in Western theology: a historical reconsideration Matthias Riedl
2. Political theology and its discontents Michael Hoelzl
3. 'How should we live?': nature, metaphysics, and political wisdom Andras Lanczi

Part II Political Theology and the New Theological Trends
4. The interruption of political theology Lieven Boeve
5. Is orthodoxy radical? Catherine Pickstock
6. From first theology to political theology P?ter Losonczi
7. Neither cosmopolis nor ghetto: religion and the intimate universal William Desmond

Part III Contexts of Political Theology and Future Prospects
8. Political theories in Europe: a crossroads Kornellój