The Future of Political Theology—Religious and Theological Perspectives

Recent shifts in the contemporary cultural, political, and religious landscape are engendering intensive attention concerning political theology. New trends and traditional ideas equally colour these movements. Given that a medley of recent books and articles have exhaustively treated both the history and the current resurgence of political theology, we now find ourselves faced with the task of reinventing and redefining the future of political theology. This book presents a rich overview of fresh, contemporary theoretical approaches uniquely prioritizing the prospects of the future of political theology, but also making room for significant interventions from philosophy and political theory. Including prominent essays on Judaic, Islamic, Buddhist and Christian perspectives, this book balances elements from post-modern theology with more classical as well as anti-post-modern approaches.

PActer Losonczi: fields of research are early modern and contemporary philosophy of religion, inter-religious dialogue, and postsecularism. His publications cover these areas and he is involved in several related research projects. He is editor of the book series Schnittpunkte/Intersections (LIT Verlag, MA?nster) and Dialogos (L'Harmattan, Budapest), and a member of the editorial board of the journal KatekhA3n. His publications include Reflecting Diversity: Historical and Thematical perspectives in the Jewish and Christian Tradition (co-edited, Lit Verlag, 2007) and forthcoming edited and authored books include: Religion, Philosophy, Theology: On the Idea of Interreligious Dialogue (authored, in Hungarian, AkadAcmiai, 2009); Religio Academici: Religion, Scepticism, and the Pursuit of Knowledge (co-edited, AkadAcmiai 2009); Philosophy Begins in Wonder: An Introduction to Early Modern Philosophy, Theology, and Science (co-edited, Pickwick, Eugene (Or), 2009). Mika Luoma-aho: is in the editorial board in both of the two Finnish political science journals, Politiikka and Kosmopolis. His research interests include critical international relations theory, political conservatism, and Christian political symbolism. He has published several articles internationally on Carl Schmitt's political theory and theology, most recently in International Political Sociology (3:2009). He is also the responsible leader of a research project on the political theology and civil religion of Laestadianism, a Christian revival movement, also funded by the Academy (a??375,000, 2010-2). Aakash Singh's scholarly interests range from comparative political philosophy to liberation theology. He is author/editor of several books, including: Eros Turannos (authored, UPA, 2005); a French edition/translation of Maulana Azad's India Wins Freedom (ICCR, 2006); Buddhism and the Contemporary World: An Ambedkarian Perspective (co-edited, Bookwell, New Delhi, 2007); Reading Hegel: The Introductions (co-edited, Re.Press, Melbourne, 2008). Forthcoming books include: Macaulay's Post-Modern Children: Post-Colonial Theory as Neo-Orientalism (authored, Routledge, New Delhi); Indian Political Thought (co-edited, Routledge, UK); Hegel's India (co-edited, Palgrave-Macmillan, UK); and, B. R. Ambedkar's The Buddha and His Dhamma: A Critical Edition (co-edited, Oxford University Press, New Delhi).