Description: Presents political theology through the lens of continental philosophy, drawing bold connections between theological and secular life.
Brief description: Colby Dickinson is Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola University Chicago, USA.
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"Dickinson's study offers a creative and wide-ranging engagement with political and continental theology, showing how a 'theology of poverty' destabilizes strong identities. Despite its reliance on postmodern thought, the book serves as an excellent introduction to this field and provides numerous impulses for rethinking theology's political implications." --Account Theologische Revue [Bloomsbury translation]
"Dickinson mobilizes his commanding grasp of contemporary philosophy to reconceptualize the task of theology for our secular world. Critical of its various entanglements with sovereignty, Dickinson argues that theology should understand itself as kenotically, in relation its own poverty. Rather than abandoning theological and ecclesial traditions, Dickinson's "poor" or minimal theology seeks to open and repurpose them for our globalized existence. His proposal is essential for theology and the future of Christianity itself." --Hollis Phelps, Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Mercer University, USA "Colby Dickinson's newest monograph serves as an excellent guide to prophetic Continental voices, especially Adorno, Derrida and Caputo, in order to demonstrate that the poverty of theology is in reality its strength: humility, learning from the other, and "interruption" of interreligious dialogue can only enrich and enliven contemporary theology." --Joseph Rivera, Associate Professor of Theology and Philosophy, Dublin City University, Ireland