Badiou and Theology Book

Abbreviations viii

Introduction: Alain Badiou, Theology and the Political 1

1 Christianity and the Modern Passion for the New 1

2 The Theological Promise of Alain Badiou 5

3 The Threefold 'Death' of God: Badiou's Challenge to Theology 10

4 Aim and Scope of the Present Volume 21

1 Faith and the Existence of God 26

1 Religion and Faith: Terminological Clarifications 26

2 The Existence of God Revisited 37

2 Badiou on Being 57

1 The Mathematical Turn 58

2 Ontology: Theory of the Pure Multiple 61

3 Ontology: Theory of the Void 66

4 The Actual Infinite 81

5 In Conclusion 93

3 First Steps towards a Future Theological Evaluation of Badiou's Ontology 95

1 Aquinas on God's Infinity and Unity 98

2 Cantor on Aquinas, Origen and Augustine on the Mathematical Infinite 103

3 Cantor on the Absolute 110

4 God's Infinity and Unity Revisited in the Context of Set Theory 117

Notes 128

Bibliography 148

Index 155