Recent debates in liberal political theory have sought to come to terms with the post-secular condition, characterised by deep religious pluralism, the resurgence of right-wing populism, as well as new social movements for economic, ecological and racial justice. These forces represent competing claims on the public space and create challenges for the liberal model of state neutrality. To better grasp this problem, I argue for a more comprehensive engagement between liberalism and political theology, by which I understand a mode of theorising that reveals the theological basis of modern secular political concepts. In considering two contrasting approaches to political or public theology – Carl Schmitt’s and Jürgen Moltmann’s – I argue that liberal political theory can and should open itself to a diversity of social movements and ecological struggles that pluralise the political space in ways that unsettle the boundary between the secular and religious.

自由主义政治理论最近的辩论试图与世俗后的状况相适应，其特征是深层的宗教多元化，右翼民粹主义的复兴以及经济，生态和种族正义的新社会运动。这些力量代表了对公共空间的相互竞争的主张，并为国家中立的自由模式带来了挑战。为了更好地解决这个问题，我主张在自由主义和政治神学之间进行更全面的接触，通过这种接触，我可以理解一种理论模式，该模式揭示了现代世俗政治概念的神学基础。