Force of God: Political Theology and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy

by Carl A. Raschke

For theorists in search of a political theology that is more responsive to the challenges now facing Western democracies, this book tenders a new political economy anchored in a theory of value. The political theology of the future, Carl Raschke argues, must draw on a powerful, hidden impetus--the "force of God"--to frame a new value economy. It must also embrace a radical, "faith-based" revolutionary style of theory that reconceives the power...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231173849
• ISBN13: 9780231173841
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher