Exercises in new creation from Paul to Kierkegaard

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Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke

2018

276 Pages

ISBN 978-3-319-97842-0

Radical Theologies and Philosophies

Exercises in new creation from Paul to Kierkegaard

This book unfolds a vision for philosophical theology centered on the practices of the care of the self, the city, and creation. Rooted in Paul's articulation of the wisdom of the cross, and in conversation with ecological, radical, and political theologies; continental philosophy; and political ecology, it addresses the challenge of injustice and ecological catastrophe. Part one reads 1 Corinthians as an exercise in reading and writing that shapes and changes relationships and capabilities. Part two follows this alternative pathfor theology through Derrida and Kierkegaard, and neglected trajectories in Origen, Augustine, and Luther. Along the way, reading and writing are explored as exercises that transform selves, communities, and even habitats. They are creaturely acts that can scandalize the dominant orders of consumption and competition for the ends of love and justice. This is a philosophical theology engaged with political ecology, exercises that help cultivate new creation.

Publication details

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-97843-7

Full citation:

(2018). Exercises in new creation from Paul to Kierkegaard, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Wilson Dickinson T.

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