| The Call to Radical Theology Contributor(s): Altizer, Thomas J. J. (Author), McCullough, Lissa (Editor), McCullough, Lissa (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1438444516 ISBN-13: 9781438444512 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Fundamentalism - Religion | Theology - Religion | Christianity - Protestant |
| Dewey: 230.046 |
| LCCN: 2012000730 |
| Series: Suny Theology and Continental Thought |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (0.9 lbs) 211 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Call to Radical Theology, Thomas J. J. Altizer meditates on the nature of radical theology and calls readers to undertake the vocation of radical theology as a way of living a fully examined life. In fourteen essays, he explores how the death of God in modernity and the dissolution of divine authority have freed theology to become a mode of ultimate reflection and creative inquiry no longer bound by church sanction or doctrinal strictures. Revealing a wealth of vital models for doing radical theological thinking, Altizer discusses the work of philosophers such as Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Marion, Derrida, and Levinas, among others. Resources are also found in the work of imaginative writers, especially Milton, Blake, and Joyce. In the spirit of Joyce's Here Comes Everybody, Altizer is convinced that theology is for everyone and that everyone has the authority to do theology authentically. An introduction by Lissa McCullough and foreword by David E. Klemm help orient the reader to Altizer's distinctive understanding of the role of theology after the death of God. |