Fidelity Of Betrayal, The - Towards a Church Beyond Belief - Softcover

Peter Rollins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0281060517 ISBN 13: 9780281060511

Publisher: Spck Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

What if one of the core demands of a radical Christianity lay in a call for its betrayal, while the ultimate act of affirming God required the forsaking of God? And what if fidelity to the Judeo-Christian Scriptures demanded their renunciation? In short, what would it mean if the only way of finding real faith involved betraying it with a kiss? Employing the insights of mysticism and deconstructive theory, The Fidelity of Betrayal delves into the subversive and revolutionary nature of a Christianity that dwells within the church while simultaneously undermining it.

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About the Author

Peter Rollins is a working philosopher, with a BA in scholastic philosophy, an MA in political theory and criticism, and a PhD in postmodern theory. He is the founder of the Ikon community in Northern Ireland, a group which describes itself as iconic, apocalyptic, heretical, emerging and failing. Pete regularly speaks at the Greenbelt festival, and other events, on the philosophical, religious and cultural situation of the emerging church movement. He is currently employed by the Olson Foundation.

From Publishers Weekly

Rollins possesses the freshest theological voice of the emerging church movement. The leader of an ecclesial community called Ikon that meets in pubs in his native Northern Ireland came out of nowhere with his How (Not) to Speak of God in 2006, where he made the tools of postmodern philosophy accessible to nonspecialists. That book's virtues are again on display: clarity (rare enough for an academically trained philosopher), wit and playful, counterintuitive readings of Christian scripture. He argues that the most faithful response to Christianity may be Judas's betrayal of Jesus over against fundamentalists who would violently defend Jesus and academics who would imprison Jesus. Rollins paints with an overly broad brush—not every theologian since Descartes has been boxed in by his categories. At times an academic degree would be helpful to understand his use of Zizek or Nietzsche. All the same, Rollins puts postmodern philosophy to work for those trying to rethink their faith for a new day without stifling modern categories. Even those who disagree will find the pages turning themselves. (June)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Spck Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0281060517
• ISBN 13: 9780281060511
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208