Description:
A clear and concise introduction to Gilles Deleuze's complex relationship with the various fields of theology.
Brief description: Ian Buchanan is the founder of the Deleuze and Guattari Studies journal and author and editor of over thirty books on the work of Deleuze and Guattari including Deleuze and Guattari's 'Anti-Oedipus' (Bloomsbury, 2008), and Assemblage Theory and Method (Bloomsbury, 2021) and The Incomplete Project of Schizoanalysis (2021).
Review Quotes:
"Deleuze professed to be looking for a form beyond God and Man. Despite this, the writings of Deleuze and Guattari are full of resonances for the theological thinker. These resonances are at once suggestive and problematic, and Justaert captures them in all their amplitude in an excellent work which brings many insights to the thought of Deleuze and Guattari." --Kenneth Surin, Professor of Literature and Professor of Religion and Critical Theory, Duke University, USA
"The mutual interaction proposed by Kristien Justaert between some major theological issues and the key features of Gilles Deleuze's thought proves very fruitful for the unfolding of a philosophical framework urgently needed in the field of liberation theologies. She illustrates convincingly how faithfulness to real life in its creative action amidst the possibilities it harbours opens spaces for ethical and political commitment in ever renewed community building at all levels of reality. These perspectives allow liberation theologians to rejuvenate their thought and action amidst today's major global challenges." --Jacques Haers, Professor of Theology at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Academic Director of UCSIA in Antwerp, Belgium "The book is striking for its even-handed and open-ended approach to both Deleuze and to theology, sensitive to the complex nature of spiritual categories in Deleuze's thought as well as to the intricate ways theological thought and practice have been constructed and contested in history. A provocative and compelling manifesto for religious and political experimentation." --Joshua Ramey, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Haverford College, USA and author of The Hermetic Deleuze: Philosophy and Spiritual Ordeal