Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface to Politics as Materialist Spiritualities: For a Postsecular “Return” of Paulinism xi
4. Platonism for the Masses: On the Sacred Cement Shoes of Paul the Apostle 1
5. 1. Contingency; or, Covenantal Comedy: In Praise of Strange Paulinist Federations 39
6. 2. On Being Called Dead: Splitting the Imperative of Being 67
7. 3. Insurrectionist Risk (Paul Among the Parrhesiasts) 97
8. 4. Singularity; or, Spiritual Exercise (Paul and the Philosophical Immanence of Foucault and Deleuze) 129
9. 5. Seizures of Chance: Paulinist Agencies in Neocapitalist Contexts 163
10. Conclusion: New Beginnings 183
11. Notes 195
12. Index 237
13. Backmatter 241