Critical Theory and Political Theology The Aftermath of the Enlighte
This book deals with the aftermath of the enlightenment and its legacy in the political, social, and racial context. It discusses the incomplete project of modernity in terms of social contract theory, racial justice issues, and political theology in the
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Paul S. Chung
Critical Theory and Political Theology
Paul S. Chung
Critical Theory and Political Theology The Aftermath of the Enlightenment
Paul S. Chung Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Chicago, IL, USA
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Foreword: On the Theological Program of Paul S. Chung
The publication of Paul S. Chung’s new work, Critical Theory and Political Theology: The Aftermath of the Enlightenment, provides not only an occasion to commend to readers this latest contribution to the corpus of Chung’s writings but offers an opportunity for appreciative reflections on the methodology of this creative and provocative scholar. Dr. Chung brings to his projects an astonishing mastery of theological, religious, and ethical themes. His breadth of sources ranges expansively across both space—from Europe, the Americas, and East Asia—and time, including not only authoritative texts of Judaism, Christianity, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism but especially key thinkers representing these traditions in intellectual history. Moreover, Chung is conversant with critical voices that challenge traditional assumptions, in this book especially those posing troubling questions in the wake of the Enlightenment. To engage the thought of Chung is to enter deeply and intensely in a lively conversation. This is hermeneutical method at its most challenging. Chung strives for a “fusion of horizons” (Gadamer) within an expansive diversity
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