Theology and World Politics: Metaphysics, Genealogies, Political Theologies

Acknowledgements
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Chapter 1: Introduction: Religion or Theology? (Re)introducing Political Theology into the Study of World Politics
	The Thirty Years’ Detour
	From Religion to Theology
	The Aim of This Volume
	Contributing Chapters
		Metaphysics
		Genealogies
		Political Theologies
	References
Part I: Metaphysics
	Chapter 2: ‘Obligations Written in the Heart’: Burke’s Primacy of Association and the Renewal of Political Theology
		Introduction
		Burke’s Conception of Association
			Elements of Political Theology in Burke’s Conception of the International
			Burke’s Account of Association
			How Burke’s ‘Associationist’ Approach Informed His Analyses and Actions
		Burke’s Associationist Approach in Question
			On the Fundamental Differences Between Grotius and Burke
			On Essentialism and a Lack of Relevance
		Concluding Reflection
		References
	Chapter 3: The Political Theology of Thomas Hobbes and the Theory of Interstate Society
		Hobbes and Religion
		Anarchy as a Reflection Theology
		Interpreting Legacy
		References
	Chapter 4: A Matter of Faith: Derrida, Žižek, and the Fourth ‘Overcoming of Gnosis’
		Derrida: Investing in the Counterfeit Money
		Žižek: Denouncing the Fake Spectacle
		Politics: Voiding Versus Working
		A Matter of Faith
		References
	Chapter 5: The Cosmology of Mādhyamaka Buddhism and Its World of Deep Relationalism
		Introduction
		The Context of Debate: Emptiness and the Axial Age
		Nāgārjuna on Śūnyatā (Emptiness) and Pratı̄tyasamutpāda (Dependent Origination)
		Lessons for International Relations?
		References
Part II: Genealogies
	Chapter 6: Between Transcendence and Necessity: Eric Voegelin, Martin Wight, and the Crisis of Modern International Relations
		Introduction
		Voegelin’s Intellectual Trajectory: The ‘Tensions of Existence’ and the Problem of Order4
		Voegelin, Wight, and International Relations
		The Ambiguities of Crisis in Voegelin and Wight
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 7: Political Theology and Sovereignty: Sayyid Qutb in Our Times
		Introduction
		Politicizing the Divine
		Hakimiyyah and Jahiliyya
		Anomalies
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 8: The Nation, the Nations, and the Third Nation: The Political Essence of Early Christianity
		Introduction
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 9: On a Stasis of Memory or Disrupting the Postliminium
		Introduction
		A Remote Scene
		Law, Territoriality, History
		Modes of Otherness
		Postliminium
		Spectral Entities
		Fallmerayer’s Position
		Fragments from a Travel
		Enemies Within
		Impossible Restorations
		The Weak Power of the Fragments
		Apocalypticism and Messianicity
		A Cloudy Spot
		Conclusion
		References
Part III: Political Theologies
	Chapter 10: Total War and Limited Government: The German Catholic Debate at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age
		Political Theology, Liberal Democracy, and Nuclear Weapons
			Ultimate Questions
			German Catholics and the 1950s Debate over Nuclear Weapons
		The Pope’s Voice? Gustav Gundlach and the Defense of the Divine Order
			Nothing New in Papal Teaching on War
			“Social Eudaemonism”: What’s Worth Dying for?
			Intrinsically Evil Instruments?
		Gundlach’s Critics: fiat iustitia, pereat mundus Is Not Catholic Doctrine
			Gundlach’s Inventions, Not the Pope’s Teaching
			The Destruction of Natural Law Just-war Doctrine
			Apocalypse in God’s Good Time, Not Ours
			Fallout: The Government Was Not Pleased
		Who Decides? The Political Theology Question
		References
	Chapter 11: Love as a Practice of Peace: The Political Theologies of Tolstoy, Gandhi and King
		Introduction
		Leo Tolstoy’s Law of Love
		Gandhi’s Ahimsa
		King’s Dangerous Altruism
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 12: Reading Kant in the Light of Political Theology
		Kant’s International Relations Viewed Through the Political-Theological Prism
			The Crooked Wood Problem: Radical Evil and the Insufficiency of Human Beings
			Education’s Role in Mankind’s Salvation
			The Necessity of Belief: God as Holy Lawgiver, Benevolent Ruler and Just Judge
		Toward Perpetual Peace I: Sin, Infernal Arts and the Prospect of Apocalypse
		Toward Perpetual Peace II: Apocatastasis and Soteriology
			Salvation by Faith: Belief in Providence as the Necessary Condition for Perpetual Peace
		Kant Contra ‘Kantianism’: The Genealogical Effect of Political Theology
		Conclusion: ‘What May I Believe?’
		References
	Chapter 13: Religiosity with/out Religion: Hans J. Morgenthau, Disenchantment and International Politics
		Introduction
		Morgenthau on Religion and Religiosity
		The Trajectory of the Desire for Justice
			The Trajectory as Oriented
			The Moral Dualism of the Trajectory
			The Slippage Toward Ontological Dualism in the Trajectory
		Revisiting the Religion and Religiosity Distinction
		References
Index