In The Vale Of Tears: On Marxism And Theology, V

Roland Boer is Professor of Liberal Arts at Renmin University of China (Beijing). He has published extensively on Marxism, theology, political theory and biblical criticism. His most recent works are Criticism of Earth: On Marx, Engels and Theology (Haymarket 2013), Nick Cave: A Study of Love, Death and Apocalypse (Equinox 2012), The Earthy Nature of the Bible (Palgrave 2012), and Lenin, Religion, and Theology (Palgrave 2013).

• IntroductionOf Old Timber and LoversOn TheologyRelativising TheologyTheological SuspicionSynopsis1. AtheismBanishing the Gods?Marxism and TheologyConclusion2. MythProlegomenonPolitical MythAnticipation, or UtopiaFor Example Conclusion3. AmbivalenceScandal and FollyFolly to the RichTowards a Marxist Theory of Political AmbivalenceThe UnwittingThe WittingBy Way of Conclusion4. HistoryMethod: Search for an Anti-FulcrumPaul’s Shaky TransitionsThe Fate of Christian Communism5. KairósAt the Crossroads of TimeEschatologyÁkairosMeasure and Immeasure (Negri)By Way of Conclusion: Political Grace6. EthicsEthics, Morality and MoralisingCare of the SelfGreasing the OtherTowards Ethical InsurgencyConclusion7. IdolsThat Hideous Pagan Idol: Marx and FetishismOn Graven Images: From Liberation Theology to Theodor AdornoConclusionConclusion: On Secularism, Transcendence and DeathSecular and Anti-SecularTransgressive TranscendenceDeathReferencesIndex

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