Tad DeLay is a philosopher, religion scholar, and interdisciplinary critical theorist. He has written four books, including his latest Future of Denial: The Ideologies of Climate Change. He lives in Grand Rapids.

taddelay@gmail.com

See the profile on me in The Guardian or the starred review in Publishers Weekly.

My latest article “Evangelical Zionism” in Parapraxis Magazine covers the history of Western foreign policy in Palestine against the background of Christian apocalypticism.

I am the author of four books. The latest title Future of Denial: The Ideologies of Climate Change (Verso, 2024) examines new types of climate denial, psychoanalytic theory, anti-immigrant violence, expropriation of land in the developing world for carbon offsets, the energy transition, and the stubborn impasse of political economy. Read an excerpt at Protean Magazine. I produced a three episode Future of Denial podcast. Praise for Future of Denial:

“Tad DeLay is one of the most important and disquieting theorists of consciousness and politics writing today. His work is indispensable.” – China Miéville, author of October

“An impressive, beautifully written and unsparing book. DeLay’s precise, controlled fury lends itself to mournful ironies and asperous satire as he brutally exposes the sources of denial and weighs the options for a future beyond denial. Not a word is wasted in this vital intervention.” – Richard Seymour, author of The Twittering Machine

My prior book Against: What Does the White Evangelical Want? explores trends and underlying desires of the most quintessentially American faith—a theological improvisation around white reaction to school integration, civil rights, and changing demographics. I produced a ten-part podcast of Against.

I’m also the author of The Cynic & the Fool and God Is Unconscious. I’m interested in the intersections of environmental humanities, critical theory, political philosophy, and religion. Beyond my research, I am an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Lansing Community College.

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