04113nam a2200493Ka 4500 ocn727950316 OCoLC 20200709055354.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 110601s2011 ne ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9789004189744 9004189742 9789004189768 (electronic bk.) 9004189769 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)727950316 368016 (N$T) HX536 .B5723 2011eb REL 017000 bisacsh REL 113000 bisacsh REL 054000 bisacsh 200 22 N$TA Boer, Roland, 1961- Criticism of theology [electronic resource] : on Marxism and theology III / by Roland Boer. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011. 1 online resource (x, 358 p.) Historical materialism book series ; v. 27 Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. The Superstitions of Max Horkheimer -- Religion as resistance -- Longing for the totally other -- The founder -- On freedom and the individual -- Atheism and resistance -- Honest religion -- Religion betrayed -- The state -- On the Jewish state -- Liberal theology -- Religion in the bad sense, or, the dialectic of evil -- Conclusion: Modalities of the dialectic of religion -- 2. The Dissent of E.P. Thompson -- Corrupt parsons and the impetuous Irish -- The 'psychic terror' of Methodism -- Religious terrorism -- Moral machinery -- Political reaction -- Radicals in the ranks -- The ambivalence of the Methodists -- William Blake and the politics of radical dissent -- Antinomianism, or, justification by faith -- Muggletonian Marxists -- Radical dissent -- Poetry and apocalyptic -- Anti-nuclear -- Political Christmas -- Conclusion -- 3. The Zeal of G.E.M. de Ste. Croix -- The politics of style -- Theology -- Chora versus polis -- From chora to polis: property, slavery and women -- Assessment -- Fall narratives -- On contradiction -- Religion as primary cause -- ... And history -- Class -- Trade and property -- Mode of production -- Conclusion: Ste. Croix among Marxists and theologians -- 4. The Alchemy of Michael Löwy -- Elective affinities -- Emergence -- Untidy corners and sexy dialectics -- Liberation theology -- Roman-Catholic social teaching -- The ontological reserve -- One or many? -- Conclusion -- 5. The Myths of Roland Barthes -- Between description and accusation -- Basics -- Baleful deformations of language -- Desperate resistance -- Dialectics of opposition -- Hiding something? -- Producing and concealing opposition -- Preserving rebellion -- The cunning of myth -- Alternative myths -- Towards utopia -- Conclusion -- 6. The Flights of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari -- Going tribal, or, primitive pre-signifiers -- Numbers and nomads, or, the counter-signifying régime -- In bed with the despot, or, the signifying régime -- The scapegoat's arse -- From outside to inside -- Oriental despots -- On the tail of the scapegoat, or, the post-signifying régime -- Conclusion -- 7. The Radical Homiletics of Antonio Negri -- Radical homiletics -- Philosophical commentary -- Kairós and ákairos -- Measure and immeasure -- The politics of cosmogony -- Negri's aporia -- Excursus on the Messiah -- Back to the whirlwind -- Conclusion. Description based on print version record. Communism and religion. Socialism and religion. RELIGION / Comparative Religion bisacsh RELIGION / Essays bisacsh RELIGION / Reference bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Boer, Roland, 1961- Criticism of theology. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011 9789004189744 (DLC) 2010039397 (OCoLC)666573552 Historical materialism book series ; 27. NetLibrary http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=368016 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 50374 50374