| In the Vale of Tears: On Marxism and Theology V Contributor(s): Boer, Roland (Author) |
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ISBN: 1608463788 ISBN-13: 9781608463787 Publisher: Haymarket Books OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - Religion | Ethics |
| Dewey: 261.21 |
| Series: Historical Materialism Book |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.30 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the Vale of Tears brings to a culmination the project for a renewed and enlivened debate over the interaction between Marxism and religion. It does so by offering the author's own response to that tradition. It simultaneously draws upon the rich insights of a significant number of Western Marxists and strikes out on its own. Thus, it argues for the crucial role of political myth on the Left; explores the political ambivalence at the heart of Christianity; challenges the bent among many on the Left to favour the unexpected rupture of kair s as a key to revolution; is highly suspicious of the ideological and class alignments of ethics; offers a thorough reassessment of the role of festishism in the Marxist tradition; and broaches the question of death, unavoidable for any Marxist engagement with religion. While the book is the conclusion to the five-volume series, The Criticism of Heaven and Earth, it also stands alone as a distinct intervention in some burning issues of our time. |