Radical Theology: A Vision for Change

Radical theology and political theology are terms that have gained a lot of currency among philosophers of religion today. In this visionary new book, Jeffrey W. Robbins explores the contemporary direction of these movements as he charts a course for their future. Robbins claims that radical theology is no longer bound by earlier thinking about God and that it must be conceived of as postsecular and postliberal. As he engages with themes of liberation, gender, and race, Robbins moves beyond the usual canon of death-of-God thinkers, thinking against them as much as with them. He presents revolutionary thinking in the face of changing theological concepts, from reformation to transformation, transcendence to immanence, messianism to metamorphosis, and from the proclamation of the death of God to the notion of God's plasticity.

Author: Jeffrey W. Robbins
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 08/08/2016
Pages: 198
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780253022028

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2017

About the Author

Jeffrey W. Robbins is Professor and Chair of the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Lebanon Valley College. He is editor of The Future of Continental Philosophy of Religion and author of Radical Democracy and Political Theology.