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Tag: death of God

The Counter-Narratives of Radical Theology and Popular Music: Songs of Fear and Trembling (Edited by Mike Grimshaw)

In 1965, the radical theologian William Hamilton stated the following:
‘If “Empty Bed Blues”, Tennessee Williams and “Guernica” are the sights and sounds of neo-orthodox theology, perhaps radical theology is closer to “We Shall Overcome”, Saul Bellow and Robert Rauschenberg.’

The Theo-politics of Radical Democracy: An Interview with Jeffrey W. Robbins (Part 2)

The business of religion, to use that unfortunate turn of phrase, is to change the world. The theo-political implication of radical democracy is that we cannot wait for a God to save us. If democracy indeed is the political instantiation of the death of God, then this is a task that is ours alone.