This book unfolds a vision for philosophical theology centered on the practices of the care of
the self the city and creation. Rooted in Paul's articulation of the wisdom of the cross and
in conversation with ecological radical and political theologies continental philosophy and
political ecology it addresses the challenge of injustice and ecological catastrophe. Part one
reads 1 Corinthians as an exercise in reading and writing that shapes and changes relationships
and capabilities. Part two follows this alternative path for theology through Derrida and
Kierkegaard and neglected trajectories in Origen Augustine and Luther. Along the way
reading and writing are explored as exercises that transform selves communities and even
habitats. They are creaturely acts that can scandalize the dominant orders of consumption and
competition for the ends of love and justice. This is a philosophical theology engaged with
political ecology exercises that help cultivate new creation.
