Criticism of theology
Subtitle: on Marxism and theology III
By: by Roland Boer
Series: Historical materialism book series -- v. 27; Historical materialism book series -- 27.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9789004189744
Subjects: Communism and religion; Socialism and religion
Other titles: Brill e-books.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The Superstitions of Max Horkheimer; title: Religion as resistance; title: Longing for the totally other; title: The founder; title: On freedom and the individual; title: Atheism and resistance; title: Honest religion; title: Religion betrayed; title: The state; title: On the Jewish state; title: Liberal theology; title: Religion in the bad sense, or, the dialectic of evil; title: Conclusion: Modalities of the dialectic of religion; title: 2. The Dissent of E.P. Thompson; title: Corrupt parsons and the impetuous Irish; title: The 'psychic terror' of Methodism; title: Religious terrorism; title: Moral machinery; title: Political reaction; title: Radicals in the ranks; title: The ambivalence of the Methodists; title: William Blake and the politics of radical dissent; title: Antinomianism, or, justification by faith; title: Muggletonian Marxists; title: Radical dissent; title: Poetry and apocalyptic; title: Anti-nuclear; title: Political Christmas; title: Conclusion; title: 3. The Zeal of G.E.M. de Ste. Croix; title: The politics of style; title: Theology; title: Chora versus polis; title: From chora to polis: property, slavery and women; title: ^; title: Assessment; title: Fall narratives; title: On contradiction; title: Religion as primary cause; title: ... And history; title: Class; title: Trade and property; title: Mode of production; title: Conclusion: Ste. Croix among Marxists and theologians; title: 4. The Alchemy of Michael Löwy; title: Elective affinities; title: Emergence; title: Untidy corners and sexy dialectics; title: Liberation theology; title: Roman-Catholic social teaching; title: The ontological reserve; title: One or many?; title: Conclusion; title: 5. The Myths of Roland Barthes; title: Between description and accusation; title: Basics; title: Baleful deformations of language; title: Desperate resistance; title: Dialectics of opposition; title: Hiding something?; title: Producing and concealing opposition; title: Preserving rebellion; title: The cunning of myth; title: Alternative myths; title: Towards utopia; title: Conclusion; title: 6. The Flights of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari; title: Going tribal, or, primitive pre-signifiers; title: Numbers and nomads, or, the counter-signifying régime; title: In bed with the despot, or, the signifying régime; title: ^; title: ^^; title: The scapegoat's arse; title: From outside to inside; title: Oriental despots; title: On the tail of the scapegoat, or, the post-signifying régime; title: Conclusion; title: 7. The Radical Homiletics of Antonio Negri; title: Radical homiletics; title: Philosophical commentary; title: Kairós and ákairos; title: Measure and immeasure; title: The politics of cosmogony; title: Negri's aporia; title: Excursus on the Messiah; title: Back to the whirlwind; title: Conclusion.; title: ^^