Cover
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Outline of the Argument
1 Paradox
Theologies of Paradox
The Negativity of Deconstruction
On the Nature of Paradox
An Inverse Theology
The Political Stakes of Paradox
The Kierkegaardian Move
An Alternative Reading
The Political Theological Implications of Paradox
2 Negation
Transcendence as the Failure of Immanence
The Assault against Mythology
The Poverty of Theology
Reconceiving of the Secular
The Radicality of the Proposition
The Roots of Reformation
The Role of History
A Possible Experience of Grace
3 Grace
The Nihilism of Grace
The Entrance of the Sublime
Accessing the Possibility of Grace
The Restoration of Tradition
The Aesthetic Solution
The Poverty of Grace
Redefining the Ecstasy of Death
4 History
Commemorating Foundational Violence
Monumental and Critical Histories
The Critical Idea
The Vulnerability of the Body
The Role of Metaphor
God, Perhaps
5 Violence
Revolution and Reform
The Christian Secular
Divine Violence
Revolutionary Violence
An Ontology of Poverty
The Singular Form of Life
Conclusion
Re-engaging the Secular
Whither Theology?
The Idiocy of Theology
Notes
Bibliography
Index