Whistling in the Dark: Of the Theology of Craig Keen
Ebook
This lively collection of interdisciplinary essays engages the theology of Craig Keen. Keen's work responds to the violence of metaphysics through a still and considered focus on divesting oneself of power. Acutely aware of the problems of modern theology, Keen does not set out to solve every puzzle, but instead responds to difficult questions with hope and prayer. For Keen, theology is never to be the acquisition of knowledge, but the giving of love. He writes in such a way as to create space for voices of difference and dissent. The essays included in this volume do not just interpret, explain, or critique Keen's thought, but they seek to accompany him in attentiveness to difference and pain. As such, they engage with the same concerns as Keen: the violence of concepts, the suffering of individuals, the divestment of power, and the embodiment of prayer and doxology.
“Janice McRandal and Stephen Wright bring together a body of rhythmic riffs in and around the work of Craig Keen. This body, transgressing its own dance from one piece to the next, exposes Keen’s call to immersion in the present solidarity of the risen crucified Christ through the freedom of embodied Spirit-infused improvisation.”
—Anita Monro, honorary research senior fellow, University of Queensland
“Craig Keen has taught us that if theology is in any way a worthwhile endeavor, it cannot resist exploring what comes ‘after crucifixion.’ In these essays, we find a series of brilliant theological improvisations which range from reflections on the role of the corpus callosum to the loveliness of spiders to the resonances with postmodern philosophy, all in honor of Keen’s marvelous work. A feast of a book.”
—Kevin Hargaden, director and social theologian, Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice
- Title: Whistling in the Dark: Of the Theology of Craig Keen
- Authors: Janice McRandal, Stephen John Wright
- Publisher: Cascade Books
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781498278775, 9781498278782, 1498278787, 9781498278768, 1498278760, 1498278779
- Resource ID: LLS:9781498278775
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-04-09T20:07:21Z
Janice McRandal is director of the cooperative, a center for public theology in Brisbane Australia, and a research fellow of the University of Divinity. Her publications include Christian Doctrine and the Grammar of Difference: A Contribution to Feminist Systematic Theology (2015) and Sarah Coakley and the Future of Systematic Theology (2016).
Stephen John Wright is senior lecturer in Christian theology and Wesley studies at Nazarene Theological College in Manchester, United Kingdom. His publications include Dogmatic Aesthetics: A Theology of Beauty in Dialogue with Robert W. Jenson (2014), and Theology as Revisionary Metaphysics: Essays on God and Creation (Cascade, 2014).