Christianity after Christendom

Heretical Perspectives in Philosophical Theology

Dr Martin Koci (Catholic University of Linz, Austria)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
24 April 2025

Phenomenology & Existentialism; Philosophy of religion; Christianity; Christian theology

What comes after the end of Christendom?

Christianity has ceased to function as the dominant force in society and yet

the Christian faith continues. How are we to understand Christianity in this

‘after’?

Bringing into conversation seven unorthodox

or ‘heretical’ continental philosophers, including Jan

Patocka, Jean-Luc Nancy, Gianni Vattimo and John D. Caputo,

Martin Koci re-centres the debates around philosophy’s so-called return to

religion to address the current ‘not-Christian, but not yet non-Christian’

culture.

In the modern context of increasing

secularization and pluralization,

Christianity after Christendom boldly proposes that Christians must

embrace the demise of Christianity as a meta-narrative and see their faith as

an existential mode of being-in-the-world. Whilst not denying the religion’s

history, this ‘after’ of Christianity emancipates the discourse from the

socio-historical focus on Christendom and introduces new perspectives on

Christianity as an embodied religious tradition, as a way of being, even as a

faithfulness to the world.

In dialogue with a broad range of

philosophical movements, including deconstruction, phenomenology,

hermeneutics and postmodern critiques of religion, this is a timely

examination of the present and future of post-Christendom Christianity.

By: Dr Martin Koci (Catholic University of Linz Austria)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781350322677
ISBN 10: 1350322679
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 24 April 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Martin Koci is Associate Professor at the Catholic University of Linz, Austria. He is the author of Thinking Faith after Christianity (2020) for which he received the Book Prize for the Theological Book of the Years 2019-2020 from the European Society for Catholic Theology.

Reviews for Christianity after Christendom: Heretical Perspectives in Philosophical Theology

"""Taking cues from recent figures working on the borders of theology and phenomenology, Koci pushes us toward the core of embodied religious existence without yet performing a phenomenological analysis, offering us a rich dialectical approach that seeks to appreciate both hermeneutical and phenomenological methods. Christianity is seen therefore as what it is, a way of life and not just a hermeneutical, or thought-based exercise."" --Colby Dickinson, Professor of Theology, Loyola University Chicago, USA"