自八○年代以來，宋澤萊的小說慣用以魔幻寫實的手法，描繪神學與宗教意味濃厚、深富政治與文化批判目的的災難與鬼神意／異象。即便到目前為止已有不少這方面的評論，但大多欠缺較為完整連貫的理論架構，以統合處理小說中的神學靈視、善惡爭鬥、集體行動與救贖希望。針對這些不足之處，本文將開展唯物神學觀點來閱讀宋澤萊《血色蝙蝠降臨的城市》與《熱帶魔界》。第一部分將對現有的一些主要的研究進行評述，著眼於美學形式風格與激進的神學思考及政治文化批判的密切關連，並指出不應以對號入座的方式視小說為作者「個人的」宗教信仰歷程之無縫的對應與再現，甚至是套入藍綠、統獨、外來本土、台灣中國的意識形態光譜。第二部分透過「歪像」（anamorphosis）的理路構築神學靈視的理論基礎，要強調的是一種非主體中心論的、牽涉到身體的實質變異以及本體性斷裂或失序的經驗（而非只是單純的觀點或認知的 轉換），以此分析小說中有神學靈視體驗的角色如何參與對抗邪惡與現 實改造的行動。本文接下來將進一步藉由謝林（F. W. J. von Schelling）哲 學，鋪陳出紀傑克唯物神學的理路，著眼於對現實物質世界有著激進極 端關懷的神學的介入，而非通往超越性的域外或所有矛盾衝突終告消解 的空靈的、虛無的、亦是封閉的世界。本文以此理路分析小說中邪惡的 問題，並且「檢視」、而非「印證」小說中的神學經驗，開拓有別於對號入 座式的閱讀更寬廣深入的視野。

Tser-lai Sung stands out from other Taiwanese writers with his signature use of magical-realist techniques to visualize catastrophes and religious experiences. A lot of commentaries and academic researches have addressed this subject, but few of them have come up with a coherent theoretical framework to think synthetically about theological visions, battles between good and evil, collective agencies and redemption. In response to such a lack, this article proposes a materialist-theological reading of Tser-lai Sung’s The City Where Blood-red Bats Descended and The Tropical World of Demons. The first part of this article examines the close tie between aesthetic stylistics, theological views and political-cultural critiques, offering a critical review of a few studies in Sung’s fiction. In light of the concept of “anamorphosis,” the second part theorizes about theological visions with a view to demonstrating how they involve radical decentralization of the subject, becoming of the body and gaps of ontological order. Hence, the focus shifts to how Shao-hsiung Peng, one of the two novels’ protagonist, embodies radical evil. The last part of this paper explores the issue of redemption from Žižek’s materialist-theological perspectives based on his updated interpretation of Schelling’s philosophy. The ultimate concern of this article is how radical theological intervention to transform material realities, instead of a self-enclosed, nihilistic world free of antagonism, is possible in these two novels of Sung’s.