Christian Atheism: How to Be a Real Materialist

If we want to be true atheists, do we have to begin with a religious edifice and undermine it from within? Slavoj ¿i¿ek has long been a commentator on, and critic of, Christian theology. His preoccupation with Badiou's concept of 'the event' alongside the Pauline thought of the New Testament has led to a decidedly theological turn in his thinking. Drawing on traditions and subjects as broad as Buddhist thought, dialectical materialism, political subjectivity, quantum physics, AI and chatbot...