In the twilight of the Christian West : a theology of mourning and resistance / Mac Loftin.

Author/creator Loftin, Mac author.
Format Book
PublicationMaryknoll, New York : Orbis Books, [2025]
Descriptionvii, 196 pages ; 19 cm
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Portion of title Theology of mourning and resistance
Partial contents Introduction -- Part I. Absent presence. -- Interlude: Berlin, 1933 -- Simone Weil : creation as replacement -- Adrienne von Speyr and Hans Urs von Balthasar : difference, distance, and the Trinity -- Part II. Corpus mysticum. -- Interlude: Lyon, 1944 -- Hadewijch : losing the body of Christ -- Angela of Foligno : Christ on the outside -- Part III. Resurrection. -- Interlude: London, 1943 -- Michel de Certeau : mourning Christianity -- Epilogue.
Abstract "As far-right authoritarianism resurges under the banner of preserving Western civilization, Mac Loftin reveals how white Christian nationalism's political will is shaped by a theology of power within Christianity itself. Countering this malignant theology, Loftin draws on the vision of antifascist thinkers, mystics, and theologians including Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Simone Weil, and Michel de Certeau. He reveals how these revolutionaires forged potent theological resistance in their own fraught political moments by recovering a radically different Christian tradition: one that embraces impermanence, reconciliation, difference, and the liberative work of mourning." -- Publisher, page four of cover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Issued in other formOnline version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Loftin, Mac In the twilight of the Christian West Maryknoll, NY : Orbis Books, [2025] 9798888660874
LCCN 2025019765
ISBN9781626986329
ISBN1626986320 trade paperback
ISBNelectronic publication

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