The Future of Love: Essays in Political Theology - Softcover

Milbank, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1606081624 ISBN 13: 9781606081624

Publisher: Cascade Books, 2009

Synopsis

With a newly written preface relating his theology to the current global situation, The Future of Love contains revised versions of eighteen of John Milbank's essays on theology, politics, religion, and culture-ranging from the onset of neoliberalism to its current crisis, and from the British to the global context. Many of the essays first appeared in obscure places and are thus not widely known. Also included are Milbank's most important responses to critiques of his seminal work, Theology and Social Theory. Taken together, the collection amounts to a "political theology" arrived at from diverse angles. This work is essential reading for all concerned with the current situation of religion in the era of globalization and with the future development of Radical Orthodoxy.

About this title

About the Author:

John Milbank is Research Professor of Religion, Ethics, and Politics, and Director of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy, at the University of Nottingham, England. He is the author of numerous works, including Theology and Social Theory, The Suspended Middle, and, with Slavoj Zizek, The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox versus Dialectics (forthcoming 2009).

Review:

"The risk he takes, the range of problems he engages, the imaginative power of his mind, the sheer energy that pulses through these essays make this book essential for anyone who would understand the phenomenon--the gift--that bears the name John Milbank."

--Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University

"This is a marvellous collection of well-organized essays by perhaps the most thought-provoking theologian of the moment. They display an impressive range, are full of surprises, and are elegantly and engagingly written. They will confirm John Milbank's reputation as one of the most accomplished and singular of theologians currently writing."

--William Desmond, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven

"These essays, published over thirty years and gathered in this important new book, demonstrate the consistent acuity and imaginative power of John Milbank's politico-theological vision. Milbank bestrides the Anglosaxon theological world with a project that is uniquely embedded in the romantic, anglocatholic, and socialist critiques of modernity from Coleridge to Ruskin. In this book we see the gradual repristination of these critiques against atheism, humanism, and neoliberalism, and the unfolding of a political theology after the secular in the form of a biblical and realist metaphysic and the neoplatonist sublime. The Future of Love is a powerful rendering of a truer and more virtuous life world than that delivered by the last thirty years of godforsaken market capitalism."

--Michael Northcott, University of Edinburgh

About this edition

• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1606081624
• ISBN 13: 9781606081624
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 404