Theology and Social Theory
Beyond Secular Reason
2. Auflage Dezember 2005
484 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
This is a revised edition of John Milbank's masterpiece,
which sketches the outline of a specifically theological social
theory.
* The Times Higher Education Supplement wrote of the first
edition that it was "a tour de force of systematic theology.
It would be churlish not to acknowledge its provocation and
brilliance".
* Featured in The Church Times "100 Best Christian
Books"
* Brings this classic work up-to-date by reviewing the
development of modern social thought.
* Features a substantial new introduction by Milbank, clarifying
the theoretical basis for his work.
* Challenges the notion that sociological critiques of theology
are 'scientific'.
* Outlines a specifically theological social theory, and in doing
so, engages with a wide range of thinkers from Plato to
Deleuze.
* Written by one of the world's most influential
contemporary theologians and the author of numerous books.
Preface to the Second Edition.
Introduction.
Part I: Theology and Liberalism:.
1. Political Theology and the New Science of Politics.
2. Political Economy as Theodicy and Agonistics.
Part II: Theology and Positivism:.
3. Sociology I: From Malebranche to Durkheim.
4. Sociology II: From Kant to Weber.
5. Policing the Sublime: A Critique of the Sociology of
Religion.
Part III: Theology and Dialectics:.
6. For and Against Hegel.
7. For and Against Marx.
8. Founding the Supernatural: Political and Liberation Theology
in the Context of Modern Catholic Thought.
Part IV: Theology and Difference:.
9. Science, Reality and Power.
10. Ontological Violence or, The Post-Modern Problematic.
11. Difference of Virtue, Virtue of Difference.
12. The Other City: Theology as a Social Science.
Index of Names.
"Milbank's work is a tour de force of systematic theology. It
would be churlish not to acknowledge its provocation and
brilliance."
Times Higher Education Supplement
"The thesis is relatively simple, its orchestration is stunning
in scope as well as in harmonies."
Modern Theology
"John Milbank's sprawling, ambitious and intellectually
demanding book is in a class of its own."
Studies in Christian Ethics
"John Milbank has written a masterful review of the development
of modern social thought that at the same time offers a criticism
of its dominant paradigms and suggests inherent limits on its
accomplishments."
Journal of Religion
Praise for the Second Edition
"Theology and Social Theory has proven to be a
bombshell... We are, therefore, extremely fortunate to have
this second edition with Milbank's dazzling new
'Preface'. Re-reading this book is always a pleasure,
because it is filled with surprises that force
thought."
Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University
"When the first edition was published the reaction was one of
shock. Now, fifteen years on, the shock has worn off; more and more
people are questioning the universal competency of secular reason.
But this make all the more important the publication of this second
edition. Milbank develops an alternative which has been steadily
developing and enriching in the intervening years."
Charles Taylor, McGill University
"[Theology and Social Theory] remains a dense,
challenging and elusive masterpiece of a book, which has lost none
of its power to intrigue and repel in equal measure."
Times Literary Supplement, Sept 2006
"This second edition is a vital aid to any reader who wishes to
understand more fully how Theology and Social Theory relates to
Milbank's continued publications and radically orthodox
sensibilities."
Theological Book Review
"An influential and important book ... instructive for
students in that it analyses and challenges contemporary
assumptions about society and religion." Teaching Theology &
Religion
