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Recent shifts in the contemporary cultural, political, and
religious landscape are engendering intensive attention concerning
political theology. New trends and traditional ideas equally colour
these movements. Given that a medley of recent books and articles
have exhaustively treated both the history and the current
resurgence of political theology, we now find ourselves faced with
the task of reinventing and redefining the future of political
theology. This book presents a rich overview of fresh, contemporary
theoretical approaches uniquely prioritizing the prospects of the
future of political theology, but also making room for significant
interventions from philosophy and political theory. Including
prominent essays on Judaic, Islamic, Buddhist and Christian
perspectives, this book balances elements from post-modern theology
with more classical as well as anti-post-modern approaches.
Recent shifts in the contemporary cultural, political, and
religious landscape are engendering intensive attention concerning
political theology. New trends and traditional ideas equally colour
these movements. Given that a medley of recent books and articles
have exhaustively treated both the history and the current
resurgence of political theology, we now find ourselves faced with
the task of reinventing and redefining the future of political
theology. This book presents a rich overview of fresh, contemporary
theoretical approaches uniquely prioritizing the prospects of the
future of political theology, but also making room for significant
interventions from philosophy and political theory. Including
prominent essays on Judaic, Islamic, Buddhist and Christian
perspectives, this book balances elements from post-modern theology
with more classical as well as anti-post-modern approaches.
Religion is prevalent in world politics today, and international
relation theory is at pains to understand and explain this
phenomenon. This unique study aims to introduce political theology
as an appropriate tool to the study of international relations. In
accordance with the political theology of Carl Schmitt, which
states that modern political concepts are secularized theological
concepts, the work questions the "secular" foundations of
contemporary international relations theory. Thus it reveals the
Christian foundations of the discipline of international relations
and delivers a critique of some of its most fundamental theoretical
elements, such as its secular view of religion as part of the
"irrational," its deification of the political form of the nation
state, and its negation of theism in its understanding of
responsibility in world politics. The result is a primer on how
international relations and its studies have grown out of the
political imagination of Christian theology. It will appeal to
anyone interested in critical approaches to the field as well as in
politics and religion, political theory, and political theology.
Religion is prevalent in world politics today, and international
relation theory is at pains to understand and explain this
phenomenon. This unique study aims to introduce political theology
as an appropriate tool to the study of international relations. In
accordance with the political theology of Carl Schmitt, which
states that modern political concepts are secularized theological
concepts, the work questions the "secular" foundations of
contemporary international relations theory. Thus it reveals the
Christian foundations of the discipline of international relations
and delivers a critique of some of its most fundamental theoretical
elements, such as its secular view of religion as part of the
"irrational," its deification of the political form of the nation
state, and its negation of theism in its understanding of
responsibility in world politics.The result is a primer on how
international relations and its studies have grown out of the
political imagination of Christian theology. It will appeal to
anyone interested in critical approaches to the field as well as in
politics and religion, political theory, and political theology.
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