Deconstructing Radical Orthodoxy Postmodern Theology, Rhetoric and Truth

Radical Orthodoxy is the most influential theological development in a generation. Many have been bewildered by the range and intensity of the writings which constitute this movement. This book spans the breadth of the history of thought discussed by Radical Orthodoxy, tackling the accuracy of the historical narratives on which their position depends. The distinguished contributors examine the history of thought as presented by the movement, offering a series of critiques of individual Radical Orthodox 'readings' of key thinkers. Contributors: Eli Diamond, Wayne J. Hankey, Todd Breyfogle, John Marenbon, Richard Cross, Neil G. Robertson, Douglas Hedley, David Peddle, Steven Shakespeare, George Pattison, and Hugh Rayment-Pickard.

Contents: Introduction; Catherine Pickstock, Plato and the unity of divinity and humanity: liturgical or philosophical?, Eli Diamond; Philosophical religion and the neoplatonic turn to the subject, Wayne J. Hankey; Is there room for political philosophy in postmodern critical Augustinianism?, Todd Breyfogle; Aquinas, radical orthodoxy and the importance of truth, John Marenbon; Duns Scotus and Suárez at the origins of modernity, Richard Cross; Milbank and modern secularity, Neil G. Robertson; Radical orthodoxy and apocalyptic difference: Cambridge Platonism, and Milbank's romantic Christian cabbala, Douglas Hedley; Theology, social theory and dialectic: a consideration of Milbank's Hegel, David Peddle; Better well hanged than ill wed? Kierkegaard and radical orthodoxy, Steven Shakespeare; After transubstantiation: blessing, memory, solidarity and hope, George Pattison; Derrida and nihilism, Hugh Rayment-Pickard; Bibliography; Index.

Wayne J. Hankey is Carnegie Professor of Classics at King's College and Dalhousie University, Canada. Douglas Hedley is Lecturer in Philosophy of Religion at Clare College and the Divinity Faculty, Cambridge University, UK.