Kategoriarkiv: Books read

This is just a really good introduction to the ”theological” part of the field of Political Theology – i.e. it does not cover philosophers like Zizek, Agamben and others who engage with theology from a political perspective. But it gives … Fortsätt läsa →

Strange, strange book. The thing is, Hunters vision for a Christianity that aims for ”faithful presence” is not half bad, I can agree with a lot of it. What he basically does here is to show that most talk of … Fortsätt läsa →

This book is an odd one: on the one hand, it is definitely worth reading, and I learned a lot from it. On the other it is completely absurd in many of its central purposes, and it IMO fails completely … Fortsätt läsa →

As a Rule of Thumb it is more satisfying to read a great theologian in the original, accpeting that it will be difficult to find one’s way initially, than to read an introduction by a lesser theologian. I would say … Fortsätt läsa →

Oh, the joy of learning something new! Our academic system doesn’t really encourage contact between the different disciplines, and my Greek sucks, so my knowledge of current NT-exegetics is really limited. So a book like this is wonderful – it … Fortsätt läsa →

This is one of those books one should treasure. Not so much for its particular subject, which is interesting in itself, but because this is one of those books that had to ”happen”. It is based on recordings from Taubes … Fortsätt läsa →

One of the joys of academic life is that one has the possibility to seek out and read ”root texts”, books that have had major influence on a particular discussion. Upon finding such a text (it is not always clear … Fortsätt läsa →