John Milbank

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Theology and Social Theory (eBook, PDF)

Beyond Secular Reason

Beschreibung

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.

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Autor

John Milbank is Professor of Religion, Politics and Ethics at the University of Nottingham and one of the most influential contemporary theologians. He is also the author of The Word Made Strange: Theology, Language, Culture (Blackwell, 1996).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470693315
• Artikelnr.: 38187789

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Praise for the First edition

"Milbank's work is a tour de force of systematic theology. Itwould be churlish not to acknowledge its provocation andbrilliance."
Times Higher Education Supplement

"The thesis is relatively simple, its orchestration is stunningin scope as well as in harmonies."
Modern Theology

"John Milbank's sprawling, ambitious and intellectuallydemanding book is in a class of its own."
Studies in Christian Ethics

"John Milbank has written a masterful review of the developmentof modern social thought that at the same time offers a criticismof its dominant paradigms and suggests inherent limits on itsaccomplishments."
Journal of Religion

Praise for the

Second Edition

"Theology and Social Theory has proven to be abombshell... We are, therefore, extremely fortunate to havethis second edition with Milbank's dazzling new'Preface'. Re-reading this book is always a pleasure,because it is filled with surprises that forcethought."
Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University

"When the first edition was published the reaction was one ofshock. Now, fifteen years on, the shock has worn off; more and morepeople are questioning the universal competency of secular reason.But this make all the more important the publication of this secondedition. Milbank develops an alternative which has been steadilydeveloping 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 noneof 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 tounderstand more fully how Theology and Social Theory relates toMilbank's continued publications and radically orthodoxsensibilities."
Theological Book Review

"An influential and important book ... instructive forstudents in that it analyses and challenges contemporaryassumptions about society and religion." Teaching Theology &Religion