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Anarchy and the Kingdom of God reclaims the concept of ¿anarchism¿ both as a political philosophy and a way of thinking of the sociopolitical sphere from a theological perspective. Through a genuinely theological approach to the issues of power, coercion, and oppression, Davor Džalto advances human freedom¿one of the most prominent forces in human history¿as a foundational theological principle in Christianity. That principle enables a fresh reexamination of the problems of democracy and justice in the age of global (neoliberal) capitalism.
List of contents
Introduction | 1
Anarchism and (Orthodox) Christianity: An (Un)Natural Alliance? | 7
Part I: (Un)Orthodox Political Theologies: HistoriesThe Symphonia Doctrine: Introduction | 27
Early Christianity: Who's Conducting "Symphonia"? | 35
Divus Constantinus and Court Theology in the Eastern Empire | 43
Conducting "Symphonia" in Russian Lands | 67
The Modern Nation, Ethnicity, and State-Based Political Theologies | 88
Newer Approaches | 101
Political Theology as Ideology: A Deconstruction | 112
Part II: Anarchy and the Kingdom of God: PropheciesAlternative and "Proto-Anarchist" Political Theologies | 123
Being as Freedom and Necessity | 157
Something Is Rotten in This Reality of Ours | 169
Eschatology and Liturgy | 180
"This World" and the Individualized Mode of Existence | 184
The Politics of Nothingness | 190
Theology as a Critical Discourse? | 204
The End and the Beginning | 247
Acknowledgments | 253
Notes | 255
Bibliography | 293
Index | 309
About the author
Davor Džalto is a professor of religion and democracy in the Department of Eastern Christian Studies at University College Stockholm. His research interests cover the fields of theology, social and political philosophy, and the theory and history of art. He is the author of numerous books, including
Anarchy and the Kingdom of God,
Art as Tautology, and
The Human Work of Art.
