Andrew Shanks is the former Canon Emeritus of Manchester Cathedral, UK. He also held various academic teaching roles: including at the universities of Lancaster, Leeds, and Manchester. He is the author of twelve books, including Theodicy Beyond the Death of ‘God’: the Persisting Problem of Evil and Hegel Versus ‘Inter-Faith Dialogue’: a General Theory of True Xenophilia.

• IntroductionPART I: THE TWO SIDES OF THE EQUATION1. The Solidarity of the Shaken: Jan Patocka’s Argument2. The Kingdom of God: Abrahamic Religion, its Historic Origins in a DilemmaPART II: RECOIL FROM EVANGELISTIC IMPATIENCE: MYSTICAL THEOLOGY / GNOSTICISM3. ‘Mystical Theology’4. Decadence of ‘Mysticism’5. ‘Gnosticism’PART III: PHILOSOPHY AND CATHOLICITY: ETHICAL PHENOMENOLOGY 6. Philosophic Meditation on the ‘Pathos of Shakenness’ 7. Variant Envisionings of Ideal Solidarity, on a Phenomenological Basis8. Modern ‘Anti-Politics’: A Phenomenological SketchCodaBibliographyIndex

Andrew Shanks is on brilliant form here. Apocalyptic Patience tells the story of how the kingdom of God appears in our time as the most radical solidarity and openness. A meticulously argued, genuinely original contribution to continental philosophy and political theology which deserves the widest discussion.

Andrew Shanks is the former Canon Emeritus of Manchester Cathedral, UK. He also held various academic teaching roles: including at the universities of Lancaster, Leeds, and Manchester. He is the author of twelve books, including Theodicy Beyond the Death of ‘God’: the Persisting Problem of Evil and Hegel Versus ‘Inter-Faith Dialogue’: a General Theory of True Xenophilia.

• IntroductionPART I: THE TWO SIDES OF THE EQUATION1. The Solidarity of the Shaken: Jan Patocka’s Argument2. The Kingdom of God: Abrahamic Religion, its Historic Origins in a DilemmaPART II: RECOIL FROM EVANGELISTIC IMPATIENCE: MYSTICAL THEOLOGY / GNOSTICISM3. ‘Mystical Theology’4. Decadence of ‘Mysticism’5. ‘Gnosticism’PART III: PHILOSOPHY AND CATHOLICITY: ETHICAL PHENOMENOLOGY 6. Philosophic Meditation on the ‘Pathos of Shakenness’ 7. Variant Envisionings of Ideal Solidarity, on a Phenomenological Basis8. Modern ‘Anti-Politics’: A Phenomenological SketchCodaBibliographyIndex

Andrew Shanks is on brilliant form here. Apocalyptic Patience tells the story of how the kingdom of God appears in our time as the most radical solidarity and openness. A meticulously argued, genuinely original contribution to continental philosophy and political theology which deserves the widest discussion.

Andrew Shanks is the former Canon Emeritus of Manchester Cathedral, UK. He also held various academic teaching roles: including at the universities of Lancaster, Leeds, and Manchester. He is the author of twelve books, including Theodicy Beyond the Death of ‘God’: the Persisting Problem of Evil and Hegel Versus ‘Inter-Faith Dialogue’: a General Theory of True Xenophilia.

• IntroductionPART I: THE TWO SIDES OF THE EQUATION1. The Solidarity of the Shaken: Jan Patocka’s Argument2. The Kingdom of God: Abrahamic Religion, its Historic Origins in a DilemmaPART II: RECOIL FROM EVANGELISTIC IMPATIENCE: MYSTICAL THEOLOGY / GNOSTICISM3. ‘Mystical Theology’4. Decadence of ‘Mysticism’5. ‘Gnosticism’PART III: PHILOSOPHY AND CATHOLICITY: ETHICAL PHENOMENOLOGY 6. Philosophic Meditation on the ‘Pathos of Shakenness’ 7. Variant Envisionings of Ideal Solidarity, on a Phenomenological Basis8. Modern ‘Anti-Politics’: A Phenomenological SketchCodaBibliographyIndex

Andrew Shanks is on brilliant form here. Apocalyptic Patience tells the story of how the kingdom of God appears in our time as the most radical solidarity and openness. A meticulously argued, genuinely original contribution to continental philosophy and political theology which deserves the widest discussion.