Political Theology and the Conflicts of Democracy

Nicholas Norman-Krause is Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics at Belmont University.

• Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Augustinianisms and liberalisms: political theology and the problem of difference; 2. Radical democracy and agonistic theology; 3. Being in conflict: a political-theological anthropology; 4. Judging in conflict: agonistic political community; 5. Loving in conflict: theological agonistics; Epilogue: agonistic democracy in neoliberal times; Bibliography; Index.

'This book draws on historical and contemporary scholarship in political theology, Christian ethics, critical theory, and agonism to present a clear and compelling argument that democratic political theology needs a theory that accounts for conflict as a basic and even salutary aspect of anthropology, society, and agonistic political communities. Through engagement with a wide range of primary and secondary literature, as well as contemporary interlocutors, Nicholas Norman-Krause addresses a number of key areas and debates in moral and political theology. Both original and creative, it is a wonderful piece of work.' Emily J. Dumler-Winckler, Associate Professor of Constructive Theology, Saint Louis University