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Theological and political concepts and practices are frequently deeply related in political thought. If this statement is true in general, it is particularly accurate for the case of John Locke, to the extent that we can apply the label "political theology"—following Carl Schmitt's approach to the topic—for evaluating his project. Elisabeth A. Pritchard's recent book Religion in Public: Locke's Political Theology centers on that specific "label," which has sometimes been used, albeit not frequently, by other scholars. Speaking of a Lockean political theology means that liberalism does not represent the official end of every kind of political theology. In Pritchard's understanding, Locke's political theology consists of the shared conviction or consensus that individuals are the sacred property of a transcendent and benevolent creator. As a result, in his view Locke condemns every kind of political theology that compromises with hierarchical and competitive structures, providing differential access to the sacred. In this article I will defend a competing argument: In John Locke's writings we can find a political theology of sovereignty, even though he argued using liberal political presuppositions. In the end he consecrates political power just as the previous political tradition did, even if he uses a different argumentative path for achieving legitimation. He creates the fiction that political intervention, even in sacred matters, can be eliminated from the political arena.

At the crossroads of ethics, poetics and politics, this innovative book outlines a series of notes to decolonize political theology. The author proposes counter-hegemonic forms of reading, which deconstruct domination by embracing fragility. The book opens with a diapason of prejudicelessness as a decolonial key, focusing on prejudices that hinder critical attention to a colonial political theology that perpetuates hatred. The first set of notes aims to de-orientalize the Semite' by reading midrashic and biblical texts in the present context, the second seeks to decolonize language by exploring the power of translation, and the third ponders decolonial theo-logics to outline a justice of the other. Connecting a number of fields, authors, and epistemologies, the book addresses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and brings together Jewish thought, continental philosophy, and Latin American perspectives. It engages with a range of thinkers, including Benjamin and Arendt, and features an interview with Enrique Dussel. This is an important methodological proposal for interdisciplinary and intercultural political theology and a valuable contribution towards rethinking the paradigm of political theology beyond its Eurocentric and colonialist premises.

Political theology is a distinctly modern problem, one that takes shape in some of the most important theoretical writings of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. But its origins stem from the early modern period, in medieval iconographies of sacred kinship and the critique of traditional sovereignty mounted by Hobbes and Spinoza. In this book, Graham Hammill and Julia Reinhard Lupton assemble established and emerging scholars in early modern studies to examine the role played by sixteenth- and seventeenth-century literature and thought in modern conceptions of political theology. Politic

Theobiology proposes that not only pertinent disciplines from the sciences be brought into theological, psychology-of-religion, and spirituality discussions and analyses but that this be done on a systematic, consistent basis. Theobiology does not presume any primacy of the sciences over theology or the psychology of religion/spirituality or vice versa. Nor is revealed knowledge or divine revelation seen as any less important than scientific knowledge. In this theory and methodology, sciences serve as tools or aids to give us deeper understanding of theology and psychology of religion/spirituality. Theobiology theoretical undergirdings include the philosophical approach, with search for truth coming about through logical reasoning rather than factual direct observation and analysis of bases and concepts of fundamental beliefs, and hermeneutics recognizing that all sciences are needed for the most accurate, appropriate interpretation of theological matters.

Religious heretics -- six characters in search of God -- Fin de siècle Hebrew Nietzscheanism -- It would be a good thing if the God of Zarathustra were the God of Israel -- Bereavement, breakdown and the great heresy -- Nietzschean religious Jews -- A Nietzschean Hassid taken to Treblinka -- Zarathustra faces Mount Sinai -- The resurrection of myth -- It came over me like a revelation -- Zarathustra or Messiah? -- Nietzsche in the Holy Land -- The Nietzschian ethos and the Canaanite spirit -- Hebrew Hellenism.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of contributors -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: Exploring Adam Smith's Theological Contexts, Sources, and Significance -- 1 Bourgeois Culture: Understanding Adam Smith's Moral Horizon -- 2 A Survey of Adam Smith's Theological Sources -- 3 Calvin and Smith on Providence, Morality, Virtues, and Human Flourishing -- 4 Self-Love and Its Discontents: Trajectories in Reformed Moral Philosophy and Theology before Adam Smith -- 5 Smith and the Scholastic Tradition on Markets and Their Moral Rationale -- 6 Adam Smith's Seventeenth-Century French Theological Sources -- 7 Smith and Enlightened Augustinianism -- 8 Adam Smith's Theological Hinterland -- 9 Butler and Smith's Ethical and Theological Framing of Commerce -- 10 Adam Smith's Theory of the Moral Vicegerents of God -- 11 Adam Smith's Theology and Virtues as Conditions for the Potential of Free-Market Economies to Contribute to Human Flourishing -- 12 The Adam Smith Problem Theologically Reconsidered -- 13 Smith on Moral Agency and the Significance of Context -- Index.

Noting the important parallels between scientific theory and Christian doctrine, McGrath offers a sustained defense of the necessity of doctrine within Christian theology against those who argue for a "non-dogmatic" Christianity. The approach developed within this volume builds on the work of writers such as Heidegger and Habermas, and argues that theory is to be conceived in terms of the communal beholding of reality. The many theoretical issues to be addressed in this volume include the manner in which closure is secured in theological theorizing, the implications of the stratification of re

1. Interdisciplinarity in impossible times : studying religion through literature and the arts / David Jasper -- 2. Discipline beyond disciplines / Andrew W. Hass -- 3. When love is not true : literature and theology after romance / Heather Walton -- 4. Two (and two, and two) Towers : interdisciplinarity, borrowing, and the limits of interpretation / Alana Vincent -- 5. Silence, rupture, theology : towards a post-Christian interdisciplinarity / Mattias Martinson -- 6. Female genius : Jane Leade (1624-1704) / Alison Jasper -- 7. Re-imaging the sacred in Caribbean literature / Fiona Darroch -- 8. Theological aesthetics and beauty as revelatory : an interdisciplinary assessment / John O'Connor -- 9. The sublime and the beautiful : intersections between theology and literature / Paul S. Fiddes -- 10. Touch and trembling : intimating interdisciplinary bodies / Mark Godin -- 11. A story of love and death : exploring space for the philosophical imaginary / Pamela Sue Anderson -- 12. The devil in disciplines : the hermeneutic of devil-hood in C.S. Lewis's The screwtape letters / Christine Hsiu-Chin Chou -- 13. Interdisciplinary poetics : S.T. Coleridge and the possibility of symbol-making after the word / Kelly Van Andel.

Music : responding to the beauty of the Triune Creator -- Visual arts : recognizing true beauty after the Fall -- Texts and culture : bearing witness to redemption

Brian Edgar is Professor of Theological Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary (USA) although primarily resident in Australia. ??Paul Babie is Associate Professor, Adelaide Law School, and Director, Research Unit for the Study of Society, Law and Religion, both at The University of Adelaide. David Wilson has training in Theology, Psychology, and the Social Sciences. His experience covers drug and alcohol counselling, lecturing at a tertiary level, academic administration, and involvement in various non profit organisations in management and governance roles

Preliminary Material /G. Tulud Cruz -- Introduction /G. Tulud Cruz -- Chapter One. Geographies Of Domestication: Mapping The Oppression Of The Filipina Domestic Workers In Hong Kong /G. Tulud Cruz -- Chapter Two. Frontiers Of Struggle: Negotiating Filipina Hong Kong DHs' Ways Of Dealing With Domestication /G. Tulud Cruz -- Chapter Three. Expanding The Boundaries: Theological Challenges And Perspectives Arising From The Struggle Of The Filipina Domestic Workers In Hong Kong /G. Tulud Cruz -- Chapter Four. Exploring Theological Markers: Delores Williams' Theology Of Survival Quality Of Life And Jung Young Lee's Theology Of Marginality /G. Tulud Cruz -- Chapter Five. A Different Cartography: Mapping The God-Talk Of A Feminist Theology Of Struggle Of Filipino Women Domestic Workers In The Context Of Migration /G. Tulud Cruz -- Chapter Six. Expanding The View: The Challenges Of A Feminist Theology Of Struggle Of Filipino Women Domestic Workers In The Context Of Migration To The Theology Of Struggle In The Philippines /G. Tulud Cruz -- Conclusion /G. Tulud Cruz -- Bibliography /G. Tulud Cruz -- Index /G. Tulud Cruz.

Disciplining the Divine offers the first comprehensive treatment of the Social Model of the Trinity, exploring its central place within much theological discourse of the past half century, including its relation to wider cultural and political concerns. The book highlights the manner in which theologians have attempted to make the doctrine of God relevant to modern issues and outlooks and it charts the conditions that have necessitated such a reconfiguration of theological analysis. While interrogatory in tone and intent, Disciplining the Divine nevertheless provides a critical reconstruction of a Christian theology and practice which might be undertaken within the political and cultural contexts of the new millennium.