Archives and the event of God
Subtitle: the impact of Michel Foucault on philosophical theology
By: David Galston
Series: McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas -- 51
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Montreal, Canada
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9780773537767
Subjects: Philosophische Theologie; Criticism and interpretation; Philosophy; Influence; Religion; Critique et interprétation; Philosophical theology; Philosophie; Théologie philosophique
Description: The Philosophical works of Michel Foucault have profoundly influenced many disciplines, but his influence on theology has seldom been considered. Archives and the Event of God unravels the effects that Foucault's Archaeology of Knowledge and Discipline and Punish have had on the study of theology and religion. --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-160) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is philosophical theology?; title: Archaeology, genealogy, and the archive; title: Statements and space in the archive; title: Genealogy and archive spaces; title: Visibles and articulables: a philosophy of the event; title: The panopticon: technology of accomplished archive; title: Statements and things: on the emergence of archives; title: Social teleology: archive tautologies and theological difficulties; title: The archive and theology; title: Archaeological theology; title: Genealogical theology; title: Displaying and dwelling in the archive.