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Force of God: Political Theology and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy
Carl A. Raschke
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Description for Force of God: Political Theology and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy
Hardback. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAC; HRLP5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
For theorists in search of a political theology that is more responsive to the challenges now facing Western democracies, this book tenders a new political economy anchored in a theory of value. The political theology of the future, Carl Raschke argues, must draw on a powerful, hidden impetus-the "force of God"-to frame a new value economy. It must also embrace a radical, "faith-based" revolutionary style of theory that reconceives the power of the "theological" in political thought and action. Raschke ties democracy's retreat to the West's failure to confront its decadence and mobilize its vast spiritual resources. Worsening debt, ... Read more
For theorists in search of a political theology that is more responsive to the challenges now facing Western democracies, this book tenders a new political economy anchored in a theory of value. The political theology of the future, Carl Raschke argues, must draw on a powerful, hidden impetus-the "force of God"-to frame a new value economy. It must also embrace a radical, "faith-based" revolutionary style of theory that reconceives the power of the "theological" in political thought and action. Raschke ties democracy's retreat to the West's failure to confront its decadence and mobilize its vast spiritual resources. Worsening debt, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
Series
Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231173841
SKU
V9780231173841
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About Carl A. Raschke
Carl Raschke is professor of religious studies at the University of Denver, specializing in Continental philosophy, the philosophy of religion, and the theory of religion. He is the author of Fire and Roses: Postmodernity and the Thought of the Body, GloboChrist, and Postmodernism and the Revolution in Religious Theory. Cofounder of the Global Art & Ideas Network, he is senior ... Read more
Reviews for Force of God: Political Theology and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy
Carl Raschke both acutely examines key thinkers and thoroughly, deeply develops the historical and theoretical contexts for their respective theories. Force of God, with its depth of engagement, will change the ongoing conversation around the relationship of political theology and subjectivity to past, present, and future articulations of 'democracy.'
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