Simpson, Christopher Ben 1973- creator text xxu London, UK New York Bloomsbury c2012 monographic eng

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vi, 191 p. ; pbk ; 22 cm. Introduction. Pt 1 : Deleuze in Brief. Ch. 1 : Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995): Biography and Bibliography -- Ch. 2 : Deleuze's Philosophical System : saying "yes" to the ocean: Affirmation and the Dionysian world ; Speculative materialism: the virtual and the actual ; Schizoid ethics: escape and affirm. Pt 2: Deleuze and Theology. Ch. 3: Approaching Deleuze's theology and theological appropriations : Deleuze and theology? ; Deleuzian theologies: the secular trajectory ; Theological critique of Deleuze: The confessional trajectory I ; Theological appropriation of Deleuze: the confessional trajectory II. -- Ch. 4: The Divine Life I: Difference, Becoming, and The Trinity : Deleuze's divine difference engine ; Deleuzian theologies of life ; Virtual life and the dark pleroma ; The trinity abd eternal dynamism. -- Ch. 5: Creation, Transcendence, Immanence : Deleuze being done with the judgement of God: Immanence over transcendence ; Deleuzian theology of transcendence ; Degenerative pantheism and the moral lobster ; Creation theology: St Thomas saying "yes" to the ocean. -- Ch. 6: The Human and the Inhuman -- Ch. 7: The Christ of Philosophers -- Ch. 8: The Divine Life II: Salvation, Affirmation, and Becoming-God : Deleuze's salvation from/in the world ; Worldly spirituality and immanent liberation ; Stuck in the desert saying "yes" to the ocean ; Agapeic communion, becoming-God and ecclesial assemblage. Notes -- Bibliography : Works by Gilles Deleuze ; Works by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari ; Other works -- Index. Christopher Ben Simpson. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Deleuze, Gilles 1925-1995 230.092/SIM 9780567445759 NEMB 130318 20130318133013.0