A radical theology for the future: five theses

Jeffrey W Robbins and Clayton Crockett
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Jeffrey W Robbins: Lebanon Valley College, Annville, USA (e-mail: Robbins@lvc.edu)
Clayton Crockett: University of Central Arkansas, Conway, USA.

Palgrave Communications, 2015, vol. 1, issue palcomms201528, 15028-

Abstract: This article sketches out five theses of radical theology to contribute to a vision of the future of theology. Radical theology emerged out of the Death-of-God theology of the 1960s, as well as some forms of liberation theology. These theologies challenge the orthodoxy of most traditional forms of theological and religious reflection. Here the authors, who are part of the conversation of radical theology in the United States and elsewhere, sketch out five theses: that radical theology should be postsecular, postliberal, a version of political or liberation theology, an onto-theology and an eco-theology. Each of these terms, however, needs to be qualified with a difference that distinguishes them from more common understandings of these terms. Finally, we argue that radical theology should be materialist in a non-reductionist way that reconfigures but does not simply dismiss our ideas about God, humanity, religion and the world. This article is published as part of a thematic collection dedicated to radical theologies.

Date: 2015
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