Radical Theology and Emerging Christianity: Deconstruction, Materialism and Religious Practices

John D. Caputo's deconstructive theology and Slavoj Zizek's materialist theology are two radical theologies that explore what it might mean to pass through the death of God and to abandon this experience as specifically Christian. Moody demonstrates how these theologies are transforming everyday religious practices through an examination of the work of Peter Rollins and Kester Brewin, two figures at the radical margins of a contemporary expression of Western religiosity called emerging Christianity. The author uses her analysis of all four figures to argue that deconstructive practices can enable religious communities to become part of a wider materialist collective in which the death of God continues to resonate.

Author: Katharine Sarah Moody
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 08/28/2015
Pages: 286
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9781409455912

About the Author
Katharine Sarah Moody (PhD, Lancaster University, UK) works at the intersection of European philosophy of religion and the empirical study of contemporary Christianity. She has published in philosophical and political theology.