Anarchy and the Kingdom of God

Davor Džalto is Professor of Religion and Democracy in the Department of Eastern Christian Studies at Stockholm School of Theology, and president of The Institute for the Study of Culture and Christianity. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including The Human Work of Art, Religion and Realism, and Yugoslavia: Peace, War, and Dissolution (by Noam Chomsky).

• Introduction 1Anarchism and (Orthodox) Christianity: An (Un)Natural Alliance? 7Part I: (Un)Orthodox Political Theologies: HistoriesThe Symphonia Doctrine: Introduction 27Early Christianity: Who's Conducting "Symphonia"? 35Divus Constantinus and Court Theology in the Eastern Empire 43Conducting "Symphonia" in Russian Lands 67The Modern Nation, Ethnicity, and State-Based Political Theologies 88Newer Approaches 101Political Theology as Ideology: A Deconstruction 112Part II: Anarchy and the Kingdom of God: PropheciesAlternative and "Proto-Anarchist" Political Theologies 123Being as Freedom and Necessity 157Something Is Rotten in This Reality of Ours 169Eschatology and Liturgy 180"This World" and the Individualized Mode of Existence 184The Politics of Nothingness 190Theology as a Critical Discourse? 204The End and the Beginning 247Acknowledgments 253Notes 255Bibliography 293Index 309