TY - BOOK AU - Newman,Saul TI - Political theology: a critical introduction SN - 9781509528400 AV - BT83.59 .N496 2019 PY - 2019/// CY - Cambridge, UK PB - Polity Press KW - Political theology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The politico-theological problem -- Max Stirner and the ghosts of the secular modern -- God is unconscious : psychoanalysis and political theology -- Auctoritas non veritas : on the sovereign -- Pastoral power and political spirituality : Foucault and political theology -- Economic theology -- Conclusion : the politics of the profane N2 - "God is dead, but his presence lives on in politics. In this intellectual tour-de-force, Saul Newman shows how political theology arose alongside secularism, and relates to the problem of legitimising power and authority in modernity. This book will be a crucial text for students, scholars and readers interested political theology"-- ER -