Critical theory and early Christianity / edited by Matthew G. Whitlock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Whitlock, Matthew G., editor.

Series:

Studies in ancient religion and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian literature, Early--History and criticism.

Christian literature, Early.

Christianity and the social sciences.

Critical theory.

Religion and sociology.

critical theories (dialectical critiques).

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

ix, 392 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, South Yorkshire ; Bristol, CT : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2022.

Summary:

"This volume aims to create-in Walter Benjamin's terms-dialectical images from early Christian texts and the twentieth and twenty-first centuries"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Making Early Christian Texts Strange (Again) / Matthew G. Whitlock

pt. I WALTER BENJAMIN

2. Walter Benjamin and Early Christian Texts / Matthew G. Whitlock

3. Reading, Libraries, and Urban Change in the Shadow of Capitalism and Apocalypse: Reading Walter Benjamin and JohnofPatmos / Robert Paul Seesengood

4. "On the Concept of History": St. Augustine and Walter Benjamin / Carl A. Levenson

pt. II GILLES DELEUZE

5. Gilles Deleuze and Early Christian Texts / Matthew G. Whitlock

6. The Deleuzioguattarian Body of Christ without Organs / Bradley H. McLean

7. The Many Acts of the Apostles: Simulacra and Simulation / Philip L. Tite

8. Face-ing the Nations: Becoming a Majority Empire of God Reterritorialization, Language, and Imperial Racism in Revelation 7.9-17 / Sharon Jacob

pt. III ALAIN BADIOU

9. Alain Badiou and Early Christian Texts / Matthew G. Whitlock

10. Christianity Appears First, as Itself / Bruce Worthington

11. Towards a Vulgar Marxist Reading of Christian Origins Today / James Crossley

12. Recapitulating the Event: Reading Irenaeus with Badiou / Hollis Phelps

pt. IV JUDITH BUTLER

13. Judith Butler and Early Christian Texts / Matthew G. Whitlock

14. Paul Exposed: Reading Galatians with Judith Butler / Valerie Nicolet

15. Mattering Bodies: Animacy and Justice in Origen's On First Principles / Peter Anthony Mena.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Critical theory and early Christianity

ISBN:

9781781794128

178179412X

9781781794135

1781794138

OCLC:

1285489462

Publisher Number:

99992874907