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Theology and social theory : beyond secular reason / John Milbank.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Blackwell, 2005.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 496 pISBN:
  • 9781405136839 (hbk.) :
  • 9781405136846 (pbk.) :
  • 1405136847 (pbk.) :
  • 9781405136839 (hbk.) :
  • 1405136839 (hbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 261.5 MIL
LOC classification:
  • BR115.S57 M54 2005
Contents:
Political theology and the new science of politics -- Political economy as theodicy and agnostics -- Sociology I : from Malebranche to Durkheim -- Sociology II : from Kant to Weber -- Policing the sublime : a critique of the sociology of religion -- For and against Hegel -- For and against Marx -- Founding the supernatural : political and liberation theology in the context of modern Catholic thought -- Science, power, and reality -- Ontological violence or the postmodern problematic -- Difference of virtue, virtue of difference -- The other city : theology as a social science.
Summary: This new edition of John Milbank's work is brought up to date by reviewing the development of modern social thought. An introduction by the author clarifies the theoretical base for his work and challenges the notion that sociological critiques of theology are scientific.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 261.5 MIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 203145
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 261.5 MIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 203146
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 261.5 MIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 203144

Previous ed.: 1990.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Political theology and the new science of politics -- Political economy as theodicy and agnostics -- Sociology I : from Malebranche to Durkheim -- Sociology II : from Kant to Weber -- Policing the sublime : a critique of the sociology of religion -- For and against Hegel -- For and against Marx -- Founding the supernatural : political and liberation theology in the context of modern Catholic thought -- Science, power, and reality -- Ontological violence or the postmodern problematic -- Difference of virtue, virtue of difference -- The other city : theology as a social science.

This new edition of John Milbank's work is brought up to date by reviewing the development of modern social thought. An introduction by the author clarifies the theoretical base for his work and challenges the notion that sociological critiques of theology are scientific.

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