In
the 1960s, the strict opposition between the religious and the secular
began to break down, blurring the distinction between political
philosophy and political theology. This collapse contributed to the
decline of modern liberalism, which supported a neutral, value-free
space for capitalism. It also deeply unsettled political, religious, and
philosophical realms, forced to confront the conceptual stakes of a
return to religion. Gamely intervening in a contest that defies simple
resolutions, Clayton Crockett conceives of the postmodern convergence of
the secular and the religious as a basis for emancipatory political
thought. Engaging themes of sovereignty, democracy, potentiality, law,
and event from a religious and political point of view, Crockett
articulates a theological vision that responds to our contemporary world
and its theo-political realities. Specifically, he claims we should
think about God and the state in terms of potentiality rather than
sovereign power. Deploying new concepts, such as Slavoj }i~ek's idea of
parallax and Catherine Malabou's notion of plasticity, his argument
engages with debates over the nature and status of religion, ideology,
and messianism. Tangling with the work of Derrida, Deleuze, Spinoza,
Antonio Negri, Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou, John D. Caputo, and
Catherine Keller, Crockett concludes with a reconsideration of democracy
as a form of political thought and religious practice, underscoring its
ties to modern liberal capitalism while also envisioning a more
authentic democracy unconstrained by those ties.
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