Description: A view of the work of philosopher Giorgio Agamben in relation to his own most basic theological premises and the discipline of theology.
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Colby Dickinson is Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola University Chicago, USA.
Colby Dickinson is assistant professor of theology at Loyola University, Chicago. He is the author of Agamben and Theology (2011) and Between the Canon and the Messiah (2013), as well as numerous articles on contemporary continental philosophy and theology. He is editor of The Postmodern 'Saints' of France (2013) and The Shaping of Tradition: Context and Normativity (2013).Review Quotes:
"gamben has long been deeply concerned with theological issues. This book is the first, and also much needed, overview of Agamben's relation to theology. Striking the perfect balance between exposition and analysis, it deserves to be widely read." --Kenneth Surin, Professor of Literature and Professor of Religion and Critical Theory, and Chair of the Program in Literature, Duke University, USA.
"This is a well-written, lucid and remarkably comprehensive introduction to a wide-ranging and intellectually challenging contemporary thinker. Exploring the extremities of what it is to be human, and a linguistic animal, Agamben's work pushes at the frontier where divine plenitude can becoming a terrifying absence that makes all our sovereignties and distinctions mere configurations of the will to power. In the gap between these possibilities and ambiguities, Agamben announces a messianic 'yes' to our bare existence. Dickinson's book clearly shows that all of Agamben's fundamental questions are theological in provenance and resonance. So anyone interested in the relationship between theology and contemporary continental thinking should read this...and ponder." --Graham Ward, Professor in Contextual Theology and Ethics, University of Manchester, UK.