Reviews for Badiou and Theology

The average rating for Badiou and Theology based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-09-19 00:00:00 Debra Siegel This was dry, densely written, and without context as to why it matters. (Presumably I once knew why it mattered to me, but the sales receipt inside the book is seven years old, and, having forgotten why I once bought it, today I was unsure what I should do with the information inside it.) Badiou wants less religion and more mathematics. He believes that set theory disproves God. (pp. 16, 126) According to the author, "Badiou's atheist version of set theory is based on the axiomatic, and thus unfounded, decision of ruling out those paradoxical sets which result in incoherency." (p. 21) Badiou takes a stricter position than some "antirealist" philosophers who say that faith can exist without belief (that is, that you can have a relationship with God even if you don't believe there is a God). (p. 36) Badiou maintains, rather, that disbelieving in God rules out religion more generally.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-11-07 00:00:00 Patricia Pestes This was interesting, but didn't really go as deep as I hoped. It seems to engage only a very narrow slice of Badiou's project. It does, though, raise some interesting aspects of Badiou's discussion of God. I also appreciated the careful attention to Cantor and his motivations and explorations. What a fascinating guy.