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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255205203321

Autore

Reader John

Titolo

Theology and New Materialism [[electronic resource] ] : Spaces of Faithful Dissent / / by John Reader

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-54511-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VII, 162 p.)

Collana

Radical Theologies and Philosophies, , 2634-663X

Disciplina

230

Soggetti

Theology

Religion—Philosophy

Postmodernism

Christian Theology

Philosophy of Religion

Postmodern Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction to New Materialism and Relational Christian Realism -- 2. Redefining Transcendence -- 3. Human Agency -- 4. A New Enlightenment -- 5. Aesthetics after the Death of God -- 6. Technology as Pharmakon -- 7. Beyond in the Midst: Alternative Practices of Faith.

Sommario/riassunto

This book argues that identified weaknesses in recent theological engagement with New Materialism can be successfully addressed by incorporating insights from Relational Christian Realism. Central themes are those of the relational and the apophatic as they represent different but essential strands of a materialist theology. The relational refers to the work of Deleuze and its influence upon key New Materialist thinkers such as De Landa, Bryant, and Braidotti but supplemented from Relational Christian Realism by Latour and Badiou and with reference to the concept of the apophatic as found in Keller and Kearney. Examining the concepts of transcendence, human agency, and a New Enlightenment, the book moves into more practical areas of aesthetics and technology concluding with a response to the contemporary apocalyptic of climate change. Being “beyond in the



midst” requires developing spaces of faithful dissent and holding the tension between the relational and the apophatic in theology.<.