Deleuze and Theology (Philosophy and Theology) - Softcover

Christopher Ben Simpson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0567445755 ISBN 13: 9780567445759

Publisher: T & T Clark International, 2012

Synopsis

What can a theologian do with Deleuze? While using philosophy as a resource for theology is nothing new, Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) presents a kind of limit-case for such a theological appropriation of philosophy: a thoroughly 'modern' philosophy that would seem to be fundamentally hostile to Christian theology a philosophy of atheistic immanence with an essentially chaotic vision of the world. Nonetheless, Deleuze's philosophy can generate many potential intersections with theology opening onto a field of configurations: a fractious middle between radical Deleuzian theologies that would think through theology and reinterpret it from the perspective of some version of Deleuzian philosophy and other theologies that would seek to learn from and respond to Deleuze from the perspective of confessional theology to take from the encounter with Deleuze an opportunity to clarify and reform an orthodox Christian self-understanding.

About this title

About the Author:

Christopher Ben Simpson is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Theology at Lincoln Christian University, USA.

About this edition

• Publisher: T & T Clark International
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0567445755
• ISBN 13: 9780567445759
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112