Adam Kotsko

Adam Kotsko
Adam Kotsko
	Kotsko in 2011
Born	July 19, 1980; Flint, Michigan, US
Academic background
Alma mater	Olivet Nazarene University; Chicago Theological Seminary;
Thesis	Atonement and Ontology (2009)
Doctoral advisor	Ted Jennings
Influences	Giorgio Agamben; Dietrich Bonhoeffer; Jean-Luc Nancy; Friedrich Nietzsche; Dorothee Sölle; Slavoj Žižek;
Academic work
Discipline	Religious studies; theology;
Sub-discipline	Political theology
Institutions	Shimer College; North Central College;
Website	adamkotsko.com

Adam Kotsko (born 1980) is an American theologian, religious scholar, culture critic, and translator, working in the field of political theology. He served as an Assistant Professor of Humanities at Shimer College in Chicago, which was absorbed into North Central College in 2017. He is chiefly known for his interpretative work on philosophers Slavoj Žižek and Giorgio Agamben, as well as his writing on American pop culture. Some of his better-known books include Why We Love Sociopaths (2012), Awkwardness (2010), and Žižek and Theology (2008).

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