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Political Theology
A Guide for the Perplexed
Book • 2024
This book is a comprehensive introduction to political theology, divided into two parts.
Part One, 'Defining Political Theology,' discusses the emergence and various approaches to political theology, including historical markers and classifications of different types of political theology.
Part Two, 'Issues in Political Theology,' explores historically enduring and contemporarily pressing issues such as the church and the political, the politics of Jesus, violence and peace, and liberation theologies.
The book provides a clear map of the terrain of political theology, engaging with key figures and movements in both historical and contemporary contexts.
Part One, 'Defining Political Theology,' discusses the emergence and various approaches to political theology, including historical markers and classifications of different types of political theology.
Part Two, 'Issues in Political Theology,' explores historically enduring and contemporarily pressing issues such as the church and the political, the politics of Jesus, violence and peace, and liberation theologies.
The book provides a clear map of the terrain of political theology, engaging with key figures and movements in both historical and contemporary contexts.
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Mentioned by Balaji Srinivasan in a discussion about political ideologies.

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in reference to the theological views of Oliver O'Donovan.

Caitlin Schess

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675: Iran, End Times, & the Political God Gap with Senator Chris Coons
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as a good start, along with 'Concept of the Political', to understand Carl Schmitt.


Auron Macintyre

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The Elon Musk Paradox | 1/23/26
Mentioned by James Lindsay as a book that lays out how worldviews are like state religions.

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Twentieth Century Woke—Left and Right | James Lindsay
Mentioned by James Lindsay as an essay exploring the relationship between political authority and religious concepts.

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The State of Exception and the Unbound Executive
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when discussing state-based ideologies as replacements for God.


Balaji Srinivasan

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#29 - Yat Siu
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as a book from the 1920s where Carl Schmitt further develops the idea of sovereignty.

Jonathan Fine

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Carl Schmitt with Jonathan Fine *Unlocked*
Mentioned as having his theory of politics as Carl Schmitt's in “Imperium”.

The Complete Francis Parker Yockey Episodes w/ Paul Fahrenheidt
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as a book that he would rather read than 'States of Exception'.

Aaron Simmons

Why Your Politics Need a Better Cosmology (Whether You Know It or Not) w/ Matthew Segall & Aaron Simmons
Mentioned by the speakers when discussing the Schmidt version and the Agamben version of the state of exception.

Giorgio Agamben - Gaza as State of Exception // 217





