Radical Theology and Emerging Christianity

Katharine Sarah Moody (PhD, Lancaster University, UK) works at the intersection of European philosophy of religion and the empirical study of contemporary Christianity. She has published in philosophical and political theology.

• Contents: Introduction; Part I An Emerging A/Theistic Imaginary: Religion and the critique of ideology; A theology of the God who dies; The excess of events over names; The matter of life; A theology of the (hyper-)real; A/Theism. Part II An Emerging IR/Religious Practice: ’Religion’ with/out religion; A faith/less fighting collective; Faithful betrayal;Transformance art; Suspended space; The Church emerging after God. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

’This book is a must-read for those who want to understand the relationship between the theological turn in continental philosophy and the radical liturgical practices of emerging Christianity. Katharine Sarah Moody’s creative analysis of the work of two important thinkers and practitioners - Peter Rollins and Kester Brewin - also helps us see how it is possible for emerging collectives to have a wider, socio-political impact. By exposing the radicalism that lies behind Rollins and Brewin’s discourses, while at the same time asking if they go far enough, Moody makes an original contribution to debates about how Christianity could be a force for change in the 21st century.’ Gladys Ganiel, Queen’s University Belfast, UK