Includes bibliographical references and index

Political theology and the new science of politics -- Political economy as theodicy and agnostics -- Sociology I: from Malebranche to Durkheim -- Sociology II: from Kant to Weber -- Policing the sublime : a critique of the sociology of religion -- For and against Hegel -- For and against Marx -- Founding the supernatural : political and liberation theology in the context of modern Catholic thought -- Science, power, and reality -- Ontological violence or the postmodern problematic -- Difference of virtue, virtue of difference -- The other city : theology as a social science

"In this acclaimed book, John Milbank suggests that both enterprises are compromised by the theological and anti-theological assumptions built into the social sciences themselves." "This new edition of Theology and Social Theory brings John Milbank's classic work fully into line with his most recent views and is laid out in an easier-to-read format. It features a substantial new preface in which Milbank answers his critics lay defending and further elaborating his metahistorical vision."--BOOK JACKET