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  | | Doing Theology in the Age of Trump A Critical Report on Christian Nationalism (Westar Seminar on God and the Human Future) by Dr. Jeffrey W. Robbins, Clayton Crockett Paperback, 174 Pages, Published 2018 by Cascade Books ISBN-13: 978-1-5326-0886-5, ISBN: 1-5326-0886-1 "This book is a work of theological resistance. It is not so much about the presidency of Donald Trump as it is about what his popularity and rise to power reveal about the state of Christianity and the moral character of the evangelical Right in the United States today. More specifically, it is about the threat of white Christian nationalism, which is the particular form that the nationalist populist movement of Trumpism has adopted for ..." |
 | | An Insurrectionist Manifesto Four New Gospels for a Radical Politics (Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture) by Ward Blanton, Clayton Crockett, Jeffrey W. Robbins, Noëlle Vahanian, Peter Rollins, Creston Davis, Catherine Keller, Professor Catherine Keller Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2016 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-17623-1, ISBN: 0-231-17623-6 "An Insurrectionist Manifesto contains four insurrectionary gospels based on Martin Heidegger's philosophical model of the fourfold: earth and sky, gods and mortals. Challenging religious dogma and dominant philosophical theories, they offer a cooperative, world-affirming political theology that promotes new life through not resurrection but insurrection. The insurrection in these gospels unfolds as a series of miraculous yet worldly pra ..." |
 | | Radical Democracy and Political Theology(Reprint) (Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture) by Jeffrey W. Robbins Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2013 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-15636-3, ISBN: 0-231-15636-7 "Alexis de Tocqueville once wrote that "the people reign over the American political world like God over the universe," unwittingly casting democracy as the political instantiation of the death of God. According to Jeffrey W. Robbins, Tocqueville's assessment remains an apt observation of modern democratic power, which does not rest with a sovereign authority but operates as a diffuse social force. By linking radical democratic theory to ..." |
 | | Radical Theology A Vision for Change (Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion) by Professor Jeffrey W. Robbins Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 2016 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-02202-8, ISBN: 0-253-02202-9 ""Radical theology" and "political theology" are terms that have gained a lot of currency among philosophers of religion today. In this visionary new book, Jeffrey W. Robbins explores the contemporary direction of these movements as he charts a course for their future. Robbins claims that radical theology is no longer bound by earlier thinking about God and that it must be conceived of as postsecular and postliberal. As he engages with t ..." |
 | | The Sleeping Giant Has Awoken(1st Edition) The New Politics of Religion in the United States by Jeffrey W. Robbins, Slavoj Zizek, Neal Magee, John D. Caputo, Bloomsbury Academic Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2008 by Bloomsbury Academic Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-8264-2969-8, ISBN: 0-8264-2969-6 "This is a collection of articles by a group of young scholars addressing the nexus between political conservatism, evangelical Christianity, and American consumerist culture.The triumph of American political conservatism in the last two decades has been paralleled by the ascendance of Christian evangelicalism. More importantly, the political campaigns of 2000 and 2004 marked a convergence between these two political entities with an eff ..." |
 | | After the Death of God(1st Edition) (Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture) by Gianni Vattimo, John D. Caputo, Jeffrey W. Robbins, Gabriel Vahanian Hardcover, 216 Pages, Published 2007 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-14124-6, ISBN: 0-231-14124-6 "It has long been assumed that the more modern we become, the less religious we will be. Yet a recent resurrection in faith has challenged the certainty of this belief. In these original essays and interviews, leading hermeneutical philosophers and postmodern theorists John D. Caputo and Gianni Vattimo engage with each other's past and present work on the subject and reflect on our transition from secularism to postsecularism.As two of t ..." |
 | | The Pleasure of Finding Things Out The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman (Helix Books) by Richard Phillips Feynman, Jeffrey Robbins, Freeman Dyson, Jeffery Robbins, Richard P. Freeman, Robert Powell Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2005 by Basic Books Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-465-02395-0, ISBN: 0-465-02395-9 "Why do we do science? Beyond altruistic and self-aggrandizing motivations, many of our best scientists work long hours seeking the electric thrill that comes only from learning something that nobody knew before. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out, a collection of previously unpublished or difficult-to-find short works by maverick physicist Richard Feynman, takes its title from his own answer. From TV interview transcripts to hi ..." |
 | | Between Faith and Thought An Essay on the Ontotheological Condition (Studies in Religion and Culture) by Jeffrey W. Robbins Hardcover, 193 Pages, Published 2003 by University Of Virginia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8139-2163-1, ISBN: 0-8139-2163-5 "The ontotheological problem is perhaps the defining issue of contemporary philosophical theology, as it reveals that dimension of thought where reason and faith are indivisible and indissoluble―where philosophy recognizes its faith in reason and theology realizes its responsibility to thought. In Between Faith and Thought Jeffrey W. Robbins argues that ontotheology, far from being a problem to overcome, is instead the very condition of ..." |
 | | Radical Democracy and Political Theology (Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture) by Jeffrey W. Robbins Hardcover, 232 Pages, Published 2011 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-15637-0, ISBN: 0-231-15637-5 "Alexis de Tocqueville once wrote that "the people reign over the American political world like God over the universe," unwittingly casting democracy as the political instantiation of the death of God. According to Jeffrey W. Robbins, Tocqueville's assessment remains an apt observation of modern democratic power, which does not rest with a sovereign authority but operates as a diffuse social force. By linking radical democratic theory to ..." |
 | | Insurrections Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture Ser.: An Insurrectionist Manifesto : Four New Gospels for a Radical Politics by Ward Blanton, Clayton Crockett, Jeffrey W. Robbins, Noëlle Vahanian, Peter Rollins, Creston Davis, Catherine Keller, Professor Catherine Keller Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2016 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-17622-4, ISBN: 0-231-17622-8 "An Insurrectionist Manifesto contains four insurrectionary gospels based on Martin Heidegger's philosophical model of the fourfold: earth and sky, gods and mortals. Challenging religious dogma and dominant philosophical theories, they offer a cooperative, world-affirming political theology that promotes new life through not resurrection but insurrection. The insurrection in these gospels unfolds as a series of miraculous yet worldly pra ..." |
 | | The Future of Continental Philosophy of Religion (Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion) by Clayton Scott Crockett, B. Keith Putt, Jeffrey W. Robbins, Gavin Hyman, Irving Goh, Leon Niemoczynski, John Thibdeau, Joseph Ballan, Devin Singh, Randall Johnson, Philip Goodchild, Noëlle Vahanian, Steven Shakespeare, Katharine Moody, Catherine Malabou, Edward F. Mooney, Lenart Škof, Christina M. Gschwandtner, John D. Caputo, Professor Clayton Crockett Paperback, 302 Pages, Published 2014 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-01388-0, ISBN: 0-253-01388-7 "What is the future of Continental philosophy of religion? These forward-looking essays address the new thinkers and movements that have gained prominence since the generation of Derrida, Deleuze, Foucault, and Levinas and how they will reshape Continental philosophy of religion in the years to come. They look at the ways concepts such as liberation, sovereignty, and post-colonialism have engaged this new generation with political theolo ..." |
 | | Religion, Politics, and the Earth The New Materialism (Radical Theologies) by Clayton Crockett, Jeffrey W. Robbins Paperback, 204 Pages, Published 2013 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-1-137-37421-9, ISBN: 1-137-37421-7 "This book takes its leave with the realization that Western-driven culture is quickly reaching the limits of global capitalism, and that this reality manifests itself not only economically and politically, but that it is at once a cultural, aesthetic, political, religious, ecological, and philosophical problem. While Western capitalism is based upon the assumption of indefinite growth, we have run up against real, physical constraints ..." |
 | | After the Death of God (Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture) by Gianni Vattimo, John D. Caputo, Jeffrey W. Robbins, Gabriel Vahanian Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 2009 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-14125-3, ISBN: 0-231-14125-4 "It has long been assumed that the more modern we become, the less religious we will be. Yet a recent resurrection in faith has challenged the certainty of this belief. In these original essays and interviews, leading hermeneutical philosophers and postmodern theorists John D. Caputo and Gianni Vattimo engage with each other's past and present work on the subject and reflect on our transition from secularism to postsecularism. As two of ..." |
 | | In Search of a Non-Dogmatic Theology (Contemporary Religious Thought) by Jeffrey W. Robbins Paperback, 228 Pages, Published 2004 by The Davies Group Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-888570-59-5, ISBN: 1-888570-59-8 "Is theological thinking necessarily dogmatic? If not, then what makes theology specifically theological and what value does theological thinking have in our postmodern age of religious pluralism? In grappling with these questions, Robbins attempts to give voice to what is emerging as a transformed religious sensibility by constructively engaging the theological legacy of continental philosophy, cultural theory, and contemporary philos ..." |
 | | Doing Theology in the Age of Trump A Critical Report on Christian Nationalism (Westar Seminar on God and the Human Future) by Clayton Crockett, Jeffrey W. Robbins, Schubert Miles Ogden Hardcover, 155 Pages, Published 2018 by Cascade Books Nov 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1-5326-0887-2, ISBN: 1-5326-0887-X "This book is a work of theological resistance." |
 | | An Ethics for Today Finding Common Ground Between Philosophy and Religion by Professor Richard Rorty, Gianni Vattimo, G. Elijah Dann, Jeffrey W. Robbins Hardcover, 104 Pages, Published 2010 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-15056-9, ISBN: 0-231-15056-3 "Richard Rorty is famous, maybe even infamous, for his philosophical nonchalance. His groundbreaking work not only rejects all theories of truth but also dismisses modern epistemology and its preoccupation with knowledge and representation. At the same time, the celebrated pragmatist believed there could be no universally valid answers to moral questions, which led him to a complex view of religion rarely expressed in his writings. In t ..." |
 | | The Pleasure of Finding Things Out(1st Edition) The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman by Richard Phillips Feynman, Jeffrey Robbins, Freeman J. Dyson, Freeman Dyson Paperback, 270 Pages, Published 2000 by Basic Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7382-0349-2, ISBN: 0-7382-0349-1 "Why do we do science? Beyond altruistic and self-aggrandizing motivations, many of our best scientists work long hours seeking the electric thrill that comes only from learning something that nobody knew before. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out, a collection of previously unpublished or difficult-to-find short works by maverick physicist Richard Feynman, takes its title from his own answer. From TV interview transcripts to his acce ..." |
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