The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory has posted a new issue, including an article of mine entitled “Politics and Perversion: Situating Zizek’s Paul” [pdf].
The article is an expanded and clarified version of an SBL presentation I gave in 2006, which I revised thoroughly just before starting work on Zizek and Theology around this time last year. It is in fundamental agreement with my conclusions in the book — in fact, I was tempted to cannibalize the essay for my chapter on Zizek’s works on Christianity, but ultimately did not — but comes at things from a different direction, most notably in its extended treatment of Badiou’s reading of Paul.
Other highlights of the issue include a review of Clayton Crockett’s Interstices of the Sublime, together with Crockett’s response.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 10:18 am
Thanks so much for the link. This article is very well done and was pretty clarifying for me regarding my own work at the moment on desire and transgression in Bataille.