Polydox Reflections

Polydox Reflections  stages a critical dialogue concerning the ethical and theological viability of "polydoxy," a trend in contemporary theology that emphasizes the  multiplicity  of creation, religious traditions, and divinity itself. The thinkers gathered under this term are not members of a "school," nor are they confined to any one tradition or methodology. Rather, they operate out of a shared attunement to multiplicity, unknowing, and relation. The result is a variety of relational ontologies that both produce and reflect shared commitments to social, political, economic, racial, sexual, and environmental justice.  In this volume, a variety of theologians and historians––including Virginia Burrus, Mark Jordan, and Graham Ward––explore polydoxy in light of their own sense of the task of modern theology. These essays, along with comprehensive responses by Catherine Keller and Laurel Schneider, expand and refine the vibrant theological possibilities of polydoxy.  

Mary–Jane Rubenstein  is Associate Professor of Religion at Wesleyan University. Her research and teaching are focused in continental philosophy of religion, philosophy and history of science, and gender and sexuality studies. She is the author of  Strange Wonder: The Closure of Metaphysics and the Opening of Awe  (2009) and  Worlds without End: The Many Lives of the Multiverse  (2014). Kathryn Tanner  is Frederick Marquand Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale Divinity School. She is the author of  Theories of Culture: A New Agenda for Theology  (1997) and  Economy of Grace  (2005), and  Christ the Key  (2010) among other books.