Political Theology Based in Community: Dorothy Day, the Catholic Worker Movement, and Overcoming Otherness

Marty Tomszak

doi:10.5771/9781978715462

Summary

In Political Theology Based in Community: Dorothy Day, The Catholic Worker Movement, and Overcoming Otherness, Marty Tomszak sutures together the seemingly disparate realms of radical political theology, communally oriented pedagogy, the Catholic Worker movement, and Catholic Social Teaching to carve a new way of doing ethics in our contemporary sphere. Through an adoption of weak theology and anatheism, brought into the fold by John Caputo and Richard Kearney specifically, and partnering them with the groundbreaking work of Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in their outpouring of works of mercy, Tomszak highlights the hope present in radical hospitality for our world. This hope is addressed to the distinct publics of the academy, the Church, and wider society as this radical ethic provides distinct answers for a multitude of current crises.

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Edition: 1/2023
Copyright Year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-9787-1545-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-9787-1546-2
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 266
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
‌‌Introduction No access Pages 1 - 16
Works of Mercy and the Primacy of the Other No access Pages 17 - 58
God Is Dead No Longer No access Pages 59 - 98
Transcendent-Immanence and the Rejection of an Alterity-Personal Dualism for the Divine No access Pages 99 - 146
Combating Sovereignty Through Merciful Action No access Pages 147 - 186
Life-Giving Praxis and Theo-Ethical Tools for Change No access Pages 187 - 218
‌‌Postscript No access Pages 219 - 220
Notes No access Pages 221 - 250
Bibliography No access Pages 251 - 258
Index No access Pages 259 - 264
About the Author No access Pages 265 - 266