One of the most exciting voices in contemporary French philosophy and the creator of the practice of 'non-philosophy,' Laruelle draws on material from the traditions of Christianity, Judaism and Gnosticism, but he does so by suspending their authority. This provocative, yet remarkably accessible book introduces philosophy to the lessons of heresy and makes use of them in a non-philosophical "dualysis" of messianism and apocalypticism. Future Christ opens up novel ways of thinking within existing religious and philosophical thought and marks an incisive and wide-ranging non-philosophical engagement with key contemporary debates in philosophy and theology.

The Philosopher and the Heretic: Translator's Introduction \ The Triptych: Author's Foreword \ Glossary Raisonné: Rules for Writing Non-Philosophy (Vocabulary and Syntax) \ 1. Future Christianity \ 2. Introducing Philosophy to Heresy \ 3. The Past Foreclosed to Memory \ 4. Persecution and Revelation \ 5. The Last Prophet or Man-Messiah \ 6. Towards Non-Christian Science \ Bibliography \ Index

François Laruelle is a French philosopher formerly Professor of Contemporary Philosophy at the Université de Paris X (Nanterre) and the Collège International de Philosophie, France. He is the creator of the concept of 'non-philosophy' and author of over twenty works of philosophy.