Theology of the Sublime

A Theology of the Sublime is a response to the influential and controversial series, Radical Orthodoxy. Clayton Crockett develops a constructive radical theology from the philosophy of Immanuel Kant - a philosophy attacked by Radical Orthodoxy. Reading The Critique of Judgment back into The Critique of Pure Reason, and drawing upon the insights of such continental philosophers as Heidegger, Derrida, Lyotard and Deleuze, this book shows how existential notions of self, time and imagination are inter-related in Kantian thinking, and demonstrates their importance for theology. An original theology of the sublime emerges as a connection is made between the Kantian sublime of the Thrid Critique and the transcendental imagination of the First Critique. A Theology of the Sublime is a challenging and compelling argument for Kant's relevance to postmodern philosophy and contemporary theology. It raises critical questions about the nature and meaning of theological thinking and is the first major response to the Radical Orthodoxy movement.Crockett, Clayton is the author of 'Theology of the Sublime', published 2001 under ISBN 9780415240932 and ISBN 041524093X.