| Description |
x, 208 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Radical orthodoxy series |
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Radical orthodoxy series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Assesses the impact of Christian resistance to capitalism in Latin America, and the implications of the theological debates that have emerged through its evolution. Using the postmodern critical theory of Deleuze and Foucault, Bell investigates the nature of capitalism, its effect upon human desire and the response of the Church to this social phenomenon. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the end of history. -- 1. The infinite undulations of the snake : capitalism, desire, and the state-form. Savage capitalism. -- Capitalism and desire. -- Governmentality and technologies of the self. -- Beyond madness? -- 2. The Church of the poor in the wake of capitalism's triumph. The crisis in Latin American liberationist thought. -- Before the revolution : New Christendom in Latin America. -- From reform to revolution : the rise of liberation theology. -- From revolution to civil society : liberationists at the end of history. -- The church of the poor after the end of history. -- 3. Christianity, desire, and the terror of justice. Christianity and desire. -- The desire for justice. -- The terror of justice. -- 4. The refusal to cease suffering : forgiveness and the liberation of desire. The gift of forgiveness. -- Latin American liberationists on forgiveness. -- The therapy of forgiveness. -- The refusal to cease suffering : the risk of forgiveness. |
| Subject |
Liberation theology.
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South America -- Church history.
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Latin America -- Church history.
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Liberation theology. (OCoLC)fst00997211
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South America. (OCoLC)fst01244515
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Bevrijdingstheologie.
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Theologie der Befreiung.
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Posthistoire.
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Posthistoire. (DE-588)4222123-7
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Theologie der Befreiung. (DE-588)4078248-7
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| Genre/Form |
Church history. (OCoLC)fst01411629
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| ISBN |
0415243033 (hbk) |
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9780415243032 (hbk) |
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0415243041 (pbk.) |
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9780415243049 (pbk.) |
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