01372cam a2200241 i 4500 on1024157522 OCoLC ta 210527s2019 enk b 001 0 eng c 9781509528400 paperback 1509528407 paperback (OCoLC)1024157522 (OCoLC)1024172505 (OCoLC)1078516306 BT83.59 .N496 2019 Newman, Saul, 1972- Political theology : a critical introduction / Saul Newman. Cambridge, UK : Polity Press, 2019. 198 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. The politico-theological problem -- Max Stirner and the ghosts of the secular modern -- God is unconscious : psychoanalysis and political theology -- Auctoritas non veritas : on the sovereign -- Pastoral power and political spirituality : Foucault and political theology -- Economic theology -- Conclusion : the politics of the profane. "God is dead, but his presence lives on in politics. In this intellectual tour-de-force, Saul Newman shows how political theology arose alongside secularism, and relates to the problem of legitimising power and authority in modernity. This book will be a crucial text for students, scholars and readers interested political theology"-- Political theology. lcc BK 0 0 0 0 PNLIB PNLIB GEN 2021-06-17 BT83.59 .N496 2019 PNLIB21062368 2021-06-17 2021-06-17 BK 2555 2555