Lexington Books / Fortress Academic
Pages: 274
Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-9787-1545-5 • Hardback • September 2023 • $110.00 • (£85.00)
978-1-9787-1546-2 • eBook • September 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Marty Tomszak is visiting professor of theology at Valparaiso University.
Introduction: Revisiting our Radix
Chapter 1: Works of Mercy and the Primacy of the Other: Viewing Dorothy Day Through a Levinasian Lens
Chapter 2: God is Dead No Longer: John Caputo, Richard Kearney, and Hospitality
Chapter 3: Transcendent-Immanence and the Rejection of an Alterity-Personal Dualism for the Divine
Chapter 4: Combatting Sovereignty Through Merciful Action: A Practical Political Theology
Chapter 5: Life-Giving Praxis and Theo-Ethical Tools for Change
Postscript: The Hope That Is: An Anatheistic Footnote
All too often discussions in political theology either ascend into theoretical abstractions inapplicable to lived realities or descend into the impasse of asking ‘What should we then do?’ while taking no concrete actions to change our world. Tomszak’s book avoids both pitfalls by offering us an incredibly illuminating response to the entire field by suggesting an actual, historical movement affecting Church, state, and society: the Catholic Workers and the personalist philosophy behind it. By putting Dorothy Day’s and Peter Maurin’s words and, more importantly, their actions in dialogue with contemporary thinkers such as John Caputo and Richard Kearney, Tomszak points a way forward for political theology that must be studied and discussed by anyone interested in how real change can take place amidst the inequalities and injustices that plague us every day.
— Colby Dickinson, Loyola University Chicago