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Archives and the event of God : the impact of Michel Foucault on philosophical theology / David Galston.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 51.Publication details: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (x, 165 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780773580589
  • 0773580581
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Archives and the event of God.DDC classification:
  • 210.1 22
LOC classification:
  • BL51 .G35 2010eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
What is philosophical theology? -- Archaeology, genealogy, and the archive -- Statements and space in the archive -- Genealogy and archive spaces -- Visibles and articulables : a philosophy of the event -- The panopticon : technology of accomplished archive -- Statements and things : on the emergence of archives -- Social teleology : archive tautologies and theological difficulties -- The archive and theology -- Archaeological theology -- Genealogical theology -- Displaying and dwelling in the archive.
Summary: The Philosophical works of Michel Foucault have profoundly influenced many disciplines, but his influence on theology has seldom been considered. Archives and the Event of God unravels the effects that Foucault's Archaeology of Knowledge and Discipline and Punish have had on the study of theology and religion. --Book Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-160) and index.

What is philosophical theology? -- Archaeology, genealogy, and the archive -- Statements and space in the archive -- Genealogy and archive spaces -- Visibles and articulables : a philosophy of the event -- The panopticon : technology of accomplished archive -- Statements and things : on the emergence of archives -- Social teleology : archive tautologies and theological difficulties -- The archive and theology -- Archaeological theology -- Genealogical theology -- Displaying and dwelling in the archive.

The Philosophical works of Michel Foucault have profoundly influenced many disciplines, but his influence on theology has seldom been considered. Archives and the Event of God unravels the effects that Foucault's Archaeology of Knowledge and Discipline and Punish have had on the study of theology and religion. --Book Jacket.

Print version record.