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Insurrection

Peter Rollins

In this incendiary new work, philosopher-theologian Peter Rollins proclaims that the Christian faith is not primarily concerned with questions regarding life after death but with the possibility of life before death.In order to unearth this truth, Rollins prescribes a radical and wholesale critique of contemporary Christianity that he calls pyro-theology. It is only as we submit our spiritual practices, religious rituals, and dogmatic affirmations to the flames of fearless interrogation that we come into contact with the reality that Christianity is in the business of transforming our world rather than offering a way of interpreting or escaping it. Belief in the Resurrection means but one thing: participation in an Insurrection.

  • Classification : Religion & Philosophy
  • Pub Date : OCT 1, 2012
  • Imprint : Hodder and Stoughton
  • Page Extent : 208
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9781444703436
  • Price : INR 699
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Peter Rollins

Peter Rollins has been praised as possessing one of the most provocative and thoughtful theological voices of our day. An author lecturer and storyteller he is renowned for his dynamic and winsome speaking. He is also the founder of ikon a faith group that has gained an international reputation for blending live music visual imagery soundscapes theatre ritual and reflection to create what they call 'transformance art'. Rollins received his higher education in Queen's University Belfast where he earned degrees (with distinction) in Scholastic Philosophy (BA Hons) Political Theory (MA) and Post-Structural Religious Philosophy (PhD). He is currently a research associate with the Irish School of Ecumenics in Trinity College Dublin and is the author of the much talked about How (Not) to Speak of God The Fidelity of Betrayal The Orthodox Heretic and Other Impossible Tales Insurrection and most recently The Idolatry of God. He was born in Belfast Northern Ireland and currently lives in New York.

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