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Author : Rafael Avila P.
Release : 1981
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Worship and Politics by : Rafael Avila P.
Download or read book Worship and Politics written by Rafael Avila P.. This book was released on 1981. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bernd Wannenwetsch
Release : 2009-06-18
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Political Worship by : Bernd Wannenwetsch
Download or read book Political Worship written by Bernd Wannenwetsch. This book was released on 2009-06-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does Christian ethics begin? This pioneering study explores the grammar of the Christian life as it is embodied and learned in worship as the formative experience of the 'fellow citizens of God's people'. The book presents the first in-depth theological investigation of the phenomenon of 'political worship' by exposing the political nature of worship and the worship dimension of politics. In a careful analysis of biblical and traditional conceptions of worship, Wannenwetsch demonstrates how the genuine political character of worship neutralizes attempts to politicize or de-politicize it. In the imprinting of the experience of divine reconciliation on the Christian body, worship challenges the deepest antagonisms of political theory and practice: antagonisms of 'private and public', 'freedom and necessity', and 'action and contemplation'. At the same time, the 'spill over' of worship into every sphere of life instils a healthy suspicion of post-liberal conceptualizations of role-mobility. In the experience of 'hearing in communion', an encounter with a word that does not deceive announces the end of the rule of the hermeneutics of suspicion. Further questions discussed include the conditions of true consensus, forgiveness as a political virtue, `political rhetoric' between accountability and self-justification, how 'reversible role-taking' can avoid losing the otherness of the other, and how the rhetoric of 'responsibility' can be saved from hubris or depression. Particular practices or dimensions of worship (confession, preaching, praising, intercession, observance of holy days) are examined and their heuristic and formative potentials explored in relation to these topics. A special feature of the study is a strong ecumenical and international focus. The book brings into conversation a variety of traditions (including Lutheran, Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox) and contemporary voices. An original contribution to Christian ethics, the book addresses systematic and practical theology as well as political theory, while indicating the essential interpenetration of these disciplines.
Author : James K. A. Smith
Release : 2017-11-07
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Awaiting the King (Cultural Liturgies Book #3) by : James K. A. Smith
Download or read book Awaiting the King (Cultural Liturgies Book #3) written by James K. A. Smith. This book was released on 2017-11-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this culmination of his widely read and highly acclaimed Cultural Liturgies project, James K. A. Smith examines politics through the lens of liturgy. What if, he asks, citizens are not only thinkers or believers but also lovers? Smith explores how our analysis of political institutions would look different if we viewed them as incubators of love-shaping practices--not merely governing us but forming what we love. How would our political engagement change if we weren't simply looking for permission to express our "views" in the political sphere but actually hoped to shape the ethos of a nation, a state, or a municipality to foster a way of life that bends toward shalom? This book offers a well-rounded public theology as an alternative to contemporary debates about politics. Smith explores the religious nature of politics and the political nature of Christian worship, sketching how the worship of the church propels us to be invested in forging the common good. This book creatively merges theological and philosophical reflection with illustrations from film, novels, and music and includes helpful exposition and contemporary commentary on key figures in political theology.
Author : David Domke
Release : 2010-09-09
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 388/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The God Strategy by : David Domke
Download or read book The God Strategy written by David Domke. This book was released on 2010-09-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a timely and dynamic study of the rise of religion in American politics, examining the public messages of political leaders over the past seventy-five years. The authors show that U.S. politics today is defined by a calculated, deliberate, and partisan use of faith that is unprecedented in modern politics. Beginning with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, America has seen a no-holds-barred religious politics that seeks to attract voters, identify and attack enemies, and solidify power. Domke and Coe identify a set of religious signals sent by both Republicans and Democrats in speeches, party platforms, proclamations, visits to audiences of faith, and even celebrations of Christmas. The updated edition of this ground-breaking book includes a new preface, an updated analysis of the last Bush administration, as well as a new final chapter on the Jeremiah Wright controversy, the candidacies of Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin, and Barack Obama's victory.
Author : Peter Dobell
Release : 1834
Genre : Church and state
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Book Synopsis Religion and Politics, Or, Church and State by : Peter Dobell
Download or read book Religion and Politics, Or, Church and State written by Peter Dobell. This book was released on 1834. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
