Radical Theology and Emerging Christianity: Deconstruction, Materialism and Religious Practices

Radical Theology and Emerging Christianity: Deconstruction, Materialism and Religious Practices
ISBN-10
1409455912
ISBN-13
9781409455912
Category
Religion
Pages
280
Language
English
Published
2015-09-28
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Author
Dr Katharine Sarah Moody

Description

John D. Caputo’s deconstructive theology and Slavoj Žižek’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. Moody 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.

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