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Record Nr.

UNISA996217061403316

Autore

Milbank John

Titolo

Theology and social theory [[electronic resource] ] : beyond secular reason / / John Milbank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2006

ISBN

1-281-30846-3

9786611308469

0-470-69412-2

0-470-69331-2

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (482 p.)

Disciplina

210

261.5

Soggetti

Christianity and the social sciences - History of doctrines

Christian sociology

Theology - Methodology

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

Political theology and the new science of politics -- Political economy as theodicy and agnostics -- Sociology I : from Malebranche to Durkheim -- Sociology II : from Kant to Weber -- Policing the sublime : a critique of the sociology of religion -- For and against Hegel -- For and against Marx -- Founding the supernatural : political and liberation theology in the context of modern Catholic thought -- Science, power, and reality -- Ontological violence or the postmodern problematic -- Difference of virtue, virtue of difference -- The other city : theology as a social science.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a revised edition of John Milbank's masterpiece, which sketches the outline of a specifically theological social theory.:.; The Times Higher Education Supplement wrote of the first edition that it was "a tour de force of systematic theology. It would be churlish not to acknowledge its provocation and brilliance".; Brings this classic work up-to-date by reviewing the development of modern social thought.; Features a substantial new introduction by Milbank, clarifying the theoretical basis for his work.; Challenges the notion that sociological



critiques of theology are 'scientific'.; Out