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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825377003321

Autore

Tran Jonathan

Titolo

Foucault and theology / / Jonathan Tran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : T & T Clark, 2011

ISBN

0-567-18162-6

1-283-12955-8

9786613129550

0-567-51039-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Philosophy and theology

Disciplina

210.1

Soggetti

Postmodern theology

Religion - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Power and totality -- pt. 2. Self-writing.

Sommario/riassunto

Near the end of his life, Michel Foucault turned his attention to the early church Fathers. He did so not for anything like a return to God but rather because he found in those sources alternatives for re-imaging the self. And though Foucault never seriously entertained Christianity beyond theorizing its aesthetic style one might argue that Christian practices like confession or Eucharist share family resemblances to Foucaultian sensibilities. This book willexplain howto do theology in light of Foucault, or more precisely, to read Foucault as if God mattered. Therefore, it will seek to articul