Criticism of theology : on Marxism and theology III

Content: 1. The Superstitions of Max Horkheimer --
Religion as resistance --
Longing for the totally other --
The founder --
On freedom and the individual --
Atheism and resistance --
Honest religion --
Religion betrayed --
The state --
On the Jewish state --
Liberal theology --
Religion in the bad sense, or, the dialectic of evil --
Conclusion: Modalities of the dialectic of religion --
2. The Dissent of E.P. Thompson --
Corrupt parsons and the impetuous Irish --
The 'psychic terror' of Methodism --
Religious terrorism --
Moral machinery --
Political reaction --
Radicals in the ranks --
The ambivalence of the Methodists --
William Blake and the politics of radical dissent --
Antinomianism, or, justification by faith --
Muggletonian Marxists --
Radical dissent --
Poetry and apocalyptic --
Anti-nuclear --
Political Christmas --
Conclusion --
3. The Zeal of G.E.M. de Ste. Croix --
The politics of style --
Theology --
Chora versus polis --
From chora to polis: property, slavery and women --
Assessment --
Fall narratives --
On contradiction --
Religion as primary cause --
... And history --
Class --
Trade and property --
Mode of production --
Conclusion: Ste. Croix among Marxists and theologians --
4. The Alchemy of Michael Löwy --
Elective affinities --
Emergence --
Untidy corners and sexy dialectics --
Liberation theology --
Roman-Catholic social teaching --
The ontological reserve --
One or many? --
Conclusion --
5. The Myths of Roland Barthes --
Between description and accusation --
Basics --
Baleful deformations of language --
Desperate resistance --
Dialectics of opposition --
Hiding something? --
Producing and concealing opposition --
Preserving rebellion --
The cunning of myth --
Alternative myths --
Towards utopia --
Conclusion --
6. The Flights of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari --
Going tribal, or, primitive pre-signifiers --
Numbers and nomads, or, the counter-signifying régime --
In bed with the despot, or, the signifying régime --
The scapegoat's arse --
From outside to inside --
Oriental despots --
On the tail of the scapegoat, or, the post-signifying régime --
Conclusion --
7. The Radical Homiletics of Antonio Negri --
Radical homiletics --
Philosophical commentary --
Kairós and ákairos --
Measure and immeasure --
The politics of cosmogony --
Negri's aporia --
Excursus on the Messiah --
Back to the whirlwind --
Conclusion.