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Author Körner, Felix

Title Political Religion How Christianity and Islam Shape the World
Published Mahwah : Paulist Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (191 p.)
Contents Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments and Dedication -- Introduction -- Culture -- 1. Religion as Culture -- Theology of the World -- Theology of Culture -- From World to Spirit: Looking Back and Looking Forward -- Identity -- 2. Religion as Foundation of a New Identity -- Identity through Conversion -- Conversion by Vocation -- From Conversion to Vocation and Sacrament: Looking Back, Looking Forward -- Violence -- 3. Religion as Legitimation of Rule and Violence -- War in God's Name -- Religion, Law, Representation
From Authority to Justice: Looking Back and Looking Forward -- Relativization -- 4. Religion as Relativization and Critique of Worldly Power -- Religions as State Critics -- The Politics of God's Kingdom and Church -- From God's Kingdom to the Weakness of the Witness: Looking Back and Looking Forward -- Weakness -- 5. Religion as Representation of Weakness -- Option for the Poor -- Faith as Conscious Weakness -- From the Poor to Belief:Looking Back and Looking Forward -- Inspiration -- 6. Religion as Inspiration in a Plural Society -- Faith in a Contradicting Public Sphere
Religion and Ethics in Contradiction -- From Conscience to Person: Looking Back and Looking Forward -- Acknowledgment -- 7. Religion as Acknowledgment of the Other -- Relations of Acknowledgment -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Christianity and politics.
Christianity -- Influence
Islam and politics.
Islam -- Influence
Christianity and politics
Christianity -- Influence
Islam and politics
Islam -- Influence
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781587688942
1587688948