Foucault and Religion is the first major study of Michel Foucault in relation and response to Religion. Jeremy Carrette offers us a challenging new look at Foucault's work and addresses a religious dimension that has previously been neglected. We see that prior to Foucault's infamous unpublished volume in the 'History of Sexuality', on the theme of Christianity, there is a complex religious sub-text which anticipates this final unseen work.
Jeremy Carrette argues that Foucault offers a twofold critique of Christianity by bringing the body and sexuality into religious practice and exploring a political spirituality of the self. He shows us that Foucault's creation of a body theology through the death of God, reveals how religious beliefs reflect the sexual body, questions the notion of a mystical archaeology and exposes the political technology of confession.
Anyone interested in understanding Foucault's thought in a new light will find this book a truly fascinating read.

Jeremy R. Carrette is Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Stirling. He is the editor of Religion and Culture by Michel Foucault.

Introduction; Chapter 1 Outline of Foucault's work and the question of religion; Chapter 2 Silence and confession; Chapter 3 Surrealism and the religious imagination; Chapter 4 Male theology in the bedroom; Chapter 5 Mystical archaeology; Chapter 6 Body and belief; Chapter 7 Towards a political spirituality; Chapter 8 Conclusion;