Transforming Political Theologies

Political theology is a vibrant, interdisciplinary field of scholarship investigating deep connections between religion and politics. Scholars of Christian theology, religious studies, and critical theory have brought great energy to the field, investigating not only connections between ideas about God and ideas about the sovereign but also connections between religious and political notions of law, justice, love, hope, and tradition, in theory and practice. But the norms and authorities of political theology remain primarily European and North American, even as the field speaks to questions of global interest and import. This series seeks to expand the scholarly conversation about political theology by introducing national and regional contexts, religious traditions, scholarly methods, questions, and authorities that will transform the field, provincializing its origins and expanding its future possibilities.

The book series welcomes proposals that allow readers to think about the field of political theology in new ways. This might be by bringing in voices that have not received sufficient attention in the field, by attending to contexts outside Western Europe and North America, by exploring traditions beyond Christianity, by privileging the perspective of grassroots social movements, by introducing new methods, or by experimenting with style or authorship.