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Political Worship
Bernd Wannenwetsch
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Description for Political Worship
Paperback. Wannenwetsch shows how worship challenges the deepest antagonisms in political thought and social practice through careful analysis of biblical and traditional conceptions of worship. Particular worship practices (confession, preaching, praising, intercession, observance of holy days) are examined for their ethical and political significance. Series: Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAM2; HRCM; HRCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199568123
SKU
V9780199568123
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Reviews for Political Worship
remarkable... Bernd Wannenwetsch strides with assurance across some of the most problematic terrain of social ethics in any era... a precious book
Sam Wells, Studies in Christian Ethics
an extraordinarily impressive piece of sustained intellectual argument... the range and precision of this beautifully argued work whose range of insight and inspiration is unusually rich. It makes major contributions ... Read more
Sam Wells, Studies in Christian Ethics
an extraordinarily impressive piece of sustained intellectual argument... the range and precision of this beautifully argued work whose range of insight and inspiration is unusually rich. It makes major contributions ... Read more