Theology Today 2016, Vol. 72(4) 415–430 ! The Author(s) 2015 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0040573615610417 ttj.sagepub.com Article Postsecular theology: Daly, Hampson, Buber, and Gordon Hagar Lahav Sapir College, Tel Aviv Abstract Rooted in the postsecular turn of the study of religion and society, postsecular theology is conceptualized in this article as an umbrella term for theologies offering hybrid interpretations of religiosity and spirituality within a framework that adopts numerous ostensibly secular values and perceptions. In this article, I apply postsecular theological reading to two pairs of thinkers: post-Christian feminist theologians Mary Daly and Daphne Hampson and non-Orthodox Jewish philosophers A. D. Gordon and Martin Buber. Assessing the similarities between them, I sketch the details of their common ‘‘postsecular’’ ground, aiming at enrichment of our understanding of postsecular the- ology. I then discuss differences between the theologians from a feminist perspective, suggesting that Daly’s and Hampson’s feminist sensitivity exposes Buber’s and Gordon’s gender blindness, while Buber and Gordon introduce Jewish-oriented ideas that may enrich the Christian-dominated field of postsecular feminist theology. Keywords Martin Buber, Mary Daly, feminism, A. D. Gordon, Daphne Hampson, Judaism, post- secular theology Postsecularism and theology The postsecular turn in the study of religion and society undermines the conven- tional understanding of religion and secularism as mutually exclusive dichotomies. Corresponding author: Hagar Lahav, Sapir College, 3/5 Simtat Nordou, Tel Aviv 62495. Email: Hagarla@012.net.il by guest on December 31, 2015 ttj.sagepub.com Downloaded from