Political theologies
Subtitle: public religions in a post-secular world
By: edited by Hent de Vries and Lawrence E. Sullivan.
Contributors: Vries, Hent de.; Sullivan, Lawrence Eugene, 1949-.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 796
ISBN-13: 9780823226443; 9780823226450
Subjects: Political theology
Description: Preface / Hent de Vries and Lawrence E. Sullivan -- Introduction: before, around, and beyond the theologico-political / Hent de Vries -- What are political theologies? -- The gods of politics in early Greek cities / Marcel Detienne -- Church, state, resistance / Jean-Luc Nancy -- Politics and finitude : the temporal status of Augustine's Civitas permixta / M.B. Pranger -- The scandal of religion : Luther and public speech in the Reformation / Antónia Szabari -- On the names of God / Ernesto Laclau -- The permanence of the theologico-political? / Claude Lefort -- Violence in the state of exception : reflections on theologico-political motifs in Benjamin and Schmitt / Marc de Wilde -- Critique, coercion, and sacred life in Benjamin's "Critique of violence" / Judith Butler -- From Rosenzweig to Levinas : philosophy of war / Stéphane Mosès -- Levinas, Spinoza, and the theologico-political meaning of Scripture / Hent de Vries -- Beyond tolerance : pluralism and agonistic reason --

On the relation between the secular liberal state and religion / Jürgen Habermas -- Prepolitical moral foundations of a free republic / Pope Benedict XVI -- Bush's God talk / Bruce Lincoln -- Pluralism and faith / William E. Connolly -- Subjects of tolerance : why we are civilized and they are the barbarians / Wendy Brown -- Religion, liberal democracy, and citizenship / Chantal Mouffe -- Toleration without tolerance : enlightenment and the image of reason / Lars Tønder -- Saint John : the miracle of secular reason / Matthew Scherer -- Democratic republicanism, secularism, and beyond -- Reinhabiting civil disobedience / Bhrigupati Singh -- Rogue democracy and the hidden God / Samuel Weber -- Intimate publicities : retreating the theologico-political in the Chávez regime? / Rafael Sánchez -- The figure of the abducted woman : the citizen as sexed / Veena Das -- How to recognize a Moslem when you see one : Western secularism and the politics of conversion / Markha G. Valenta --

Laïcité or the politics of republican secularism / Yolande Jansen -- Trying to understand French secularism / Talal Asad -- Pim Fortuyn, Theo van Gogh, and the politics of tolerance in the Netherlands / Peter van der Veer -- Can a minority retain its identity in law? the 2005 Multatuli lecture / Job Cohen -- Prophetic justice in a home haunted by strangers : transgressive solidarity and trauma in the work of an Israeli rabbis' group / Bettina Prato -- Opening societies and the rights of the human -- Mysticism and the foundation of the open society : bergsonian politics / Paola Marrati -- The agency of assemblages and the North American blackout / Jane bennett -- Automatic theologies : surrealism and the politics of equality / Kate Khatib -- Theoscopy : transparency, omnipotence, and modernity / Stefanos Geroulanos -- Come on, humans, one more effort if you want to be post-christians! / Thierry de Duve --

The right not to use rights : human rights and the structure of judgments / Werner Hamacher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 697-796).
Table of contents: title: Preface / Hent de Vries and Lawrence E. Sullivan; title: Introduction: before, around, and beyond the theologico-political / Hent de Vries; title: What are political theologies?; title: The gods of politics in early Greek cities / Marcel Detienne; title: Church, state, resistance / Jean-Luc Nancy; title: Politics and finitude : the temporal status of Augustine's Civitas permixta / M.B. Pranger; title: The scandal of religion : Luther and public speech in the Reformation / Antonia Szabari; title: On the names of God / Ernesto Laclau; title: The permanence of the theologico-political? / Claude Lefort; title: Violence in the state of exception : reflections on theologico-political motifs in Benjamin and Schmitt / Marc de Wilde; title: Critique, coercion, and sacred life in Benjamin's "Critique of violence" / Judith Butler; title: From Rosenzweig to Levinas : philosophy of war / Stephane Moses; title: Levinas, Spinoza, and the theologico-political meaning of Scripture / Hent de Vries; title: Beyond tolerance : pluralism and agonistic reason; title: ^On the relation between the secular liberal state and religion / Jurgen Habermas; title: Prepolitical moral foundations of a free republic / Pope Benedict XVI; title: Bush's God talk / Bruce Lincoln; title: Pluralism and faith / William E. Connolly; title: Subjects of tolerance : why we are civilized and they are the barbarians / Wendy Brown; title: Religion, liberal democracy, and citizenship / Chantal Mouffe; title: Toleration without tolerance : enlightenment and the image of reason / Lars Tnder; title: Saint John : the miracle of secular reason / Matthew Scherer; title: Democratic republicanism, secularism, and beyond; title: Reinhabiting civil disobedience / Bhrigupati Singh; title: Rogue democracy and the hidden God / Samuel Weber; title: Intimate publicities : retreating the theologico-political in the Chavez regime? / Rafael Sanchez; title: The figure of the abducted woman : the citizen as sexed / Veena Das; title: How to recognize a Moslem when you see one : Western secularism and the politics of conversion / Markha G. Valenta; title: ^Laicite or the politics of republican secularism / Yolande Jansen; title: Trying to understand French secularism / Talal Asad; title: Pim Fortuyn, Theo van Gogh, and the politics of tolerance in the Netherlands / Peter van der Veer; title: Can a minority retain its identity in law? the 2005 Multatuli lecture / Job Cohen; title: Prophetic justice in a home haunted by strangers : transgressive solidarity and trauma in the work of an Israeli rabbis' group / Bettina Prato; title: Opening societies and the rights of the human; title: Mysticism and the foundation of the open society : bergsonian politics / Paola Marrati; title: The agency of assemblages and the North American blackout / Jane bennett; title: Automatic theologies : surrealism and the politics of equality / Kate Khatib; title: Theoscopy : transparency, omnipotence, and modernity / Stefanos Geroulanos; title: Come on, humans, one more effort if you want to be post-christians! / Thierry de Duve; title: ^The right not to use rights : human rights and the structure of judgments / Werner Hamacher.