Theological Poverty in Continental Philosophy: After Christian Theology

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Cover Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Outline of the Argument 1 Paradox Theologies of Paradox The Negativity of Deconstruction On the Nature of Paradox An Inverse Theology The Political Stakes of Paradox The Kierkegaardian Move An Alternative Reading The Political Theological Implications of Paradox 2 Negation Transcendence as the Failure of Immanence The Assault against Mythology The Poverty of Theology Reconceiving of the Secular The Radicality of the Proposition The Roots of Reformation The Role of History A Possible Experience of Grace 3 Grace The Nihilism of Grace The Entrance of the Sublime Accessing the Possibility of Grace The Restoration of Tradition The Aesthetic Solution The Poverty of Grace Redefining the Ecstasy of Death 4 History Commemorating Foundational Violence Monumental and Critical Histories The Critical Idea The Vulnerability of the Body The Role of Metaphor God, Perhaps 5 Violence Revolution and Reform The Christian Secular Divine Violence Revolutionary Violence An Ontology of Poverty The Singular Form of Life Conclusion Re-engaging the Secular Whither Theology? The Idiocy of Theology Notes Bibliography Index