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Hent de Vries - Political Theologies: Public Religions in a Post-Secular World - 9780823226450 - V9780823226450
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Political Theologies: Public Religions in a Post-Secular World

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Description for Political Theologies: Public Religions in a Post-Secular World paperback. What has happened to religion in its present manifestations? Containing contributions from distinguished scholars from disciplines, such as: philosophy, political theory, anthropology, classics, and religious studies, this book seeks to address this question. Editor(s): Vries, Hent de. Num Pages: 800 pages, 15 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HPS; HRA; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 4531 x 5830 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1591.

What has happened to religion in its present manifestations? In recent years, Enlightenment secularization, as it appeared in the global spread of political structures that relegate the sacred to a private sphere, seems suddenly to have foundered. Unexpectedly, it has discovered its own parochialism—has discovered, indeed, that secularization may never have taken place at all.
With the “return of the religious,” in all aspects of contemporary social, political, and religious life, the question of political theology—of the relation between “political” and “religious” domains—takes on new meaning and new urgency. In this groundbreaking book, distinguished scholars from many disciplines—philosophy, political ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
Number of Pages
800
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823226450
SKU
V9780823226450
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99-15

About Hent de Vries
Hent de Vries is Professor in the Humanities Center and the Department of Philosophy at the Johns Hopkins University, where he holds Russ Family Chair and serves as the Director of the Humanities Center. He is currently also a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and, from 2014 to 2018, he will serve as the ... Read more

Reviews for Political Theologies: Public Religions in a Post-Secular World
"If the idea of political theology seemed anachronistic to many liberal thinkers in the twentieth century, in the twenty-first century-and especially since September 11-it has become urgent and unavoidable, essential for making sense of our current global situation. Hent de Vries and Lawrence Sullivan's Political Theologies constitutes the single most important collection of essays to date on a topic that ... Read more

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