Desiring Theology (Paperback, 2nd ed.)

This text argues for the possibility of theological thinking in a postmodern secular milieu. Moving beyond the now familiar reiteration of postmodernity's losses - the death of God, the displacement of the self, the end of history, the closure of the book - Winquist equates a desire to think theologically with a desire, amidst postmodernity's disappointments, for a thinking that does not disappoint. To desire theology in this sense is to desire to know an "other" in and of language that can be valued in the forming of personal and communal identity. In this book, "desiring theology" carries another sense as well, for Winquist argues that, in the wake of psychoanalysis, theology must elaborate the meaning and importance of desire in its own discourse. Winquist's work is tactical as well as theoretical, showing what kind of work theology can do in a postmodern age. He suggests that theology is closely akin to what Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari refer to as a minor intensive use of a major language. The minor intensive theological use of language, Winquist argues, pressures the ordinary weave of discourse and opens it to desire. Thus theology becomes a work against "the disappointment of thinking". Engaged with the work of Nietzsche, Derrida, Tillich, Robert P. Scharlemann and Mark C. Taylor, among others, this book aims to provide a contribution to contemporary theology.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	1995
First published:	1995
Authors:	Charles E. Winquist
Dimensions:	214 x 140 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	173
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-90213-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Christianity > Christian theology Promotions
LSN:	0-226-90213-7
Barcode:	9780226902135

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