Force of God

Carl Raschke is professor of religious studies at the University of Denver, specializing in Continental philosophy, the philosophy of religion, and the theory of religion. He is the author of Fire and Roses: Postmodernity and the Thought of the Body, GloboChrist, and Postmodernism and the Revolution in Religious Theory. Cofounder of the Global Art & Ideas Network, he is senior editor of the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory and current events editor for Political Theology Today.

• Preface Acknowledgments Part 1. Historical and Theoretical Considerations 1. Liberal Democracy and the Crisis of Representation 2. Force of Thought 3. Force of Art 4. Force of the Political Part 2. The Genealogy of Crisis 5. Force and Economy 6. Force of Exception Part 3. Toward a Political Theology in the Twilight of the Political 7. Force of God 8. The End of the Political 9. God, the State, and Revolution Notes Index

Carl Raschke both acutely examines key thinkers and thoroughly, deeply develops the historical and theoretical contexts for their respective theories. Force of God, with its depth of engagement, will change the ongoing conversation around the relationship of political theology and subjectivity to past, present, and future articulations of 'democracy.' -- Victor E. Taylor, York College of Pennsylvania Force of God is a manifesto of searing personal vision with the rhetoric to match. -- Mike Grimshaw, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Carl Raschke's contribution to political theology offers a sustained and profound genealogy of the conceptual forces that constitute our era. Based on extensive scholarship that discloses obscured insights from the tradition of radical Continental philosophy, he illuminates and challenges the forces of religion, economy, and politics in our time. This is a deep theoretical treatise on our present and future troubles. -- Philip Goodchild, University of Nottingham Highly recommended. Choice