04120nam a2200493Ka 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.0m        d        cr cnu---unuuu110601s2011    ne      ob    001 0 eng d  aN$TcN$T  z9789004189744  z9004189742  a9789004189768 (electronic bk.)  a9004189769 (electronic bk.)  a(OCoLC)727950316  a368016b(N$T) 4aHX536b.B5723 2011eb 7aRELx0170002bisacsh 7aRELx1130002bisacsh 7aRELx0540002bisacsh04a200222  aN$TA1 aBoer, Roland,d1961-10aCriticism of theologyh[electronic resource] :bon Marxism and theology III /cby Roland Boer.  aLeiden ;aBoston :bBrill,c2011.  a1 online resource (x, 358 p.)1 aHistorical materialism book series ;vv. 27  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 a1. 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.  aDescription based on print version record. 0aCommunism and religion. 0aSocialism and religion. 7aRELIGION / Comparative Religion2bisacsh 7aRELIGION / Essays2bisacsh 7aRELIGION / Reference2bisacsh 4aElectronic books.08iPrint version:aBoer, Roland, 1961-tCriticism of theology.dLeiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011z9789004189744w(DLC)  2010039397w(OCoLC)666573552 0aHistorical materialism book series ;v27.403NetLibraryuhttp://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=368016  acpp1723AUTO  a02bN$T  c50374d50374