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OverviewExpanding the impact of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s philosophy to the disciplines of Christian Origins and Christian theology, this original study makes the case for understanding early Christianity through such Deleuzioguattarian concepts as the ‘rhizome’, the ‘machine’, the ‘body without organs’ and the ‘multiplicity’, using the theoretical tool of schizoanalysis to do so. The reconstruction of the historical emergence of early Christianity, Bradley H. McLean argues, has been constrained by traditional assumptions about its historical and transcendental origins. These assumptions are ill-suited to theorizing the genesis, change and transformation of early Christianity in the first three centuries of the Common Era. To capture the dynamism of early Christianity, McLean applies Guattari’s concept of the ‘machine’, to the analysis of early Christianity. Arguing that machines are both an unnoticed dimension of early Christianity, and a major analytical tool for the discipline, McLean highlights the potential of the philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari to challenge and reconfigure not just our knowledge of early Christianity, but all aspects of Hellenistic Judaism, and the Greco-Roman world, as well as our understanding of Jesus of Nazareth and the Jesus movement. By subverting the concept of a single transcendental or historical origin of Christianity, this book facilitates new forms of dialogue and cooperation between Christians and co-religionists. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bradley H. McLean (University of Toronto, Canada)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781350233843ISBN 10: 1350233846 Pages: 262 Publication Date: 25 August 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Rise of the Christ Machines 2. Desiring Production and Early Christianities 3. The Rhizome: Multiplicities and the Virtual Dimension of Christ Groups 4. The Autoproduction of a Body of Christ without Organs 5. Territorializations and Deterritorializations: On Becoming Outlandish 6. Deterritorialization in the Gospels: A Typology of Lines 7. The Stratification of Christ Groups in the Despotic Socius 8. Christ Groups as Social Assemblages and Abstract Machines 9. The God of Religion and the Schizo God 10. The Myth of Eve: Falling Into, and Out of, Delusion 11. On Several Regimes of Signs and Several Christs 12. The Despotic Christ and the Signifying Despotic Regime of Signs 13. The Passional Christ and the Passional Subjective Regime of Signs 14. What Can Christ's Body Do? 15. Molecular Becomings of Christ: Becoming-woman 16. Christ Becoming-animal: An Affair of Sorcery 17. Christ's Becomings-imperceptible: Martyrological, Magical, and Cosmic 18. The Nomad Jesus and the Galilean War Machine Conclusion Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsMcLean's book has something for everyone. Scholars of Early Christianity will find here an array of conceptual tools that will no doubt open up new insights into the origins of the Christ machines. Scholars of Deleuze and Guattari will find excellent examples of the coupling of their literary machine to the texts and practices of Christ groups in the first three centuries BCE. And everyone else will find an introduction to both fields that is accessible and fun to read. * F. LeRon Shults, Professor at the Institute for Global Development and Social Planning, University of Agder, Norway * This book uses the work of Deleuze and Guattari - specifically the concept of the rhizome - rethink and retheorize approaches to the history of the emergence of Christianity. In doing so, it also takes us deep into the expanded universe of Deleuze and Guattari's thought. * Ian Buchanan, Editor of Deleuze and Guattari Studies and Professor of Critical and Cultural Theory, University of Wollongong, Australia * McLean's book has something for everyone. Scholars of Early Christianity will find here an array of conceptual tools that will no doubt open up new insights into the origins of the Christ machines. Scholars of Deleuze and Guattari will find excellent examples of the coupling of their literary machine to the texts and practices of Christ groups in the first three centuries BCE. And everyone else will find an introduction to both fields that is accessible and fun to read. --F. LeRon Shults, Professor at the Institute for Global Development and Social Planning, University of Agder, Norway Author InformationBradley H. McLean is Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Knox College, University of Toronto, Canada. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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