"Beyond Secular Order" is the first of a two-volume work that expands upon renowned theologian John Milbank's innovative attempt to understand both theology and modern thought begun in his previously published classic text "Theology and Social Theory." Continues Milbank's innovative attempt to understand both theology and modern thought begun in "Theology and Social Theory" - considered a classic work in the development of systematic theologyAuthored by one of the world's most influential and highly regarded contemporary theologiansDraws on a sweep of ideas and thinkers to argue that modern secularism is a form of Christian heresy that developed from the Middle Ages and can only be overcome by a renewed account of ChristendomShows how this heresy can be transformed into a richer blend of religion, modernity and politicsReveals how there is a fundamental homology between modern ideas about ontology and knowledge and modern ideas about political action, expressed in both theory and practice