Adorno and theology. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christopher Craig Brittain.
• Other Names: Brittain, Christopher Craig
• Contents: Introduction : Adorno and theology? -- Adorno and theology -- Theodor W. Adorno -- A brief introduction to Adorno's philosophy -- Adorno's 'inverse theology' -- Perils and clarifications -- From systems to constellations -- Religion and theology -- The structure of the book -- Materialism, theology and the dialectic of enlightenment -- Adorno, the 'Frankfurt school' and religion -- Dialectic of enlightenment : reason, myth and mimesis -- Materialism and demystification -- Adorno and theological materialism -- Actuality and potentiality : on Kant and metaphysics -- The Kantian block -- Milbank and the Kantian block -- Metaphysical experience and theology -- Social science and metaphysical experience : negative dialectics as crypto-theology? -- Critical theory and positivism -- The 'positivist dispute' -- Conjecture and refutation or dialectics? -- Totality and reason -- Value freedom and crypto-theology -- On the necessity of a normative foundation -- Social theory and empirical research -- Inverse theology : Bilderverbot and the illumination of non-identity -- Astrology and the return to religion -- Adorn and theology -- The prohibition on images : Bilderverbot -- Interpretations of Adorno's references to theology -- A negative theology? -- Negative dialectics as a 'minimial theology' of the trace? -- An 'inverse theology' -- Adorno and Benjamin on Kafka -- Inverting Feuerbach, beyond Marx -- Positive religion and Judaism -- Constellation and revelation : Adorno and Barth -- Politics, liberation and the Messianic -- Adorno and the political -- Reason or revolution? the German student movement -- Theory and practice -- Adorno and liberation theology -- A foundational ground for political theology? -- Messianism and political theology -- Religion and the culture Industry : spirituality, rational choice and the theology of correlation -- 'Spirituality' -- The culture industry -- Rational choice theory and the scientific study of religion -- A beautiful mind? -- The presuppositions of rational choice theory -- Religion as compensation -- From A beautiful mind to the 'Beautiful soul' -- Adorno on religion -- Correlation, ideology and damaged life -- Inverse correlation -- Hymns to the silence -- Adorno among Christian theologians -- Theology after Auschwiz? -- The 'metaphysical movement' and theology -- Theology and aesthetics -- The weight of objectivity : theology as an empty shell -- Thinking with one's ears : hymns to the silence -- Reconciliation : from autonomy to love -- Inverse theology as negative correlation -- Hymns to the silence.
• Publisher Details: London New York : T & T Clark
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 238 pages)
• Subjects: 230.01; Philosophical theology; RELIGION -- Christianity -- General; RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Systematic; Philosophical theology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567542168; 0567542165
• Related ISBNs: 9780567569295; 0567569292; 9780567261083; 0567261085
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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