Political theology in the Canadian context

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This collection focusses on the proposition "that theology is at its best when it is political, and politics is saved from a secular ideology when it listens to a theological critique." The editor draws parallels between the Canaanite period of Israelite history and the "Liberal Possessive Individualism" that he sees dominating Canadian by: 3.

This collection focusses on the proposition "that theology is at its best when it is political, and politics is saved from a secular ideology when it listens to a theological critique. " The editor draws parallels between the Canaanite period of Israelite history and the "Liberal Possessive Individualism" that he sees dominating Canadian ideology.

An illustration of an open book. Books. An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Video. An illustration of an audio speaker. Audio. An illustration of a " floppy disk. Software. An illustration of two photographs. Political theology in the Canadian context Item Preview remove-circlePages: Genre/Form: Electronic books Congresses: Additional Physical Format: Print version: Smillie, Benjamin G.

Political Theology in the Canadian Context. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, © Electronic books Conference papers and proceedings Congresses Congrès: Additional Physical Format: Print version: Political theology in the Canadian context.

Waterloo, Ont.: Published for the Canadian Corp. for Studies in Religion/Corporation canadienne des Sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, © (DLC) This book argues that the modern separation of humanity from nature can be traced to the displacement of the triune God.

Locating the source of our current ecological crisis in this separation, Peter Scott argues that it can only be healed within theology, through a revival of a Trinitarian doctrine of creation interacting with political philosophies of ecology. There is an increasingly intense interest in political theology amongst contemporary scholars and students.

Yet, while there are many authors engaging in political theology, there are very few resources about political theology which aim to orient students and other recent new-comers to the field.

This is a concise and accessible advanced introduction which distinguishes various approaches to Reviews: Kahn offers a political theology that has at its center the practice of freedom realized in political decisions, legal judgments, and finally in philosophical inquiry itself.

Paul W. Kahn is a distinguished political and legal theorist who has written many important books on the American political. Written in the intense political and intellectual tumult of the early years of the Weimar Republic, Political Theology develops the distinctive theory of sovereignty that made Carl Schmitt one of the most significant and controversial political theorists of the twentieth century.

Focusing on the relationships among political leadership, the norms of the legal order, and th/5(68). Books shelved as political-theology: Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty by Carl Schmitt, The Politics of Jesus by John Howar.

This highly original interpretation of Paul by the Jewish philosopher of religion Jacob Taubes was presented in a number of lectures held in Heidelberg toward the end of his life, and was regarded by him as his "spiritual testament. Taubes engages with classic Paul commentators, including Karl Barth, but also situates the Pauline text in the context of Freud, Nietzsche, Benjamin, Adorno 5/5(2).

The course will consider, in the Canadian context, how the influential Christian political theologies of the 20th century such as the Social Gospel, Christian socialism, liberation theology and their conservative counterpoints might inform a Christian political theology for the 21st century.

Praise “Theology and the Political is a helpful book because it gathers in one volume a representative sample of very serious theologians” — Stephen H. Webb, First Things “[A] collection of this caliber on such a timely subject is to be welcomed.” — D.

Congdon, Princeton Theological Review “[A] patient reader will be rewarded with some intriguing perspectives and. 1 Jürgen Moltmann is Professor of Theology at the University of Tübingen, Germany.

He is the author of several books in German, as well as the well-known Theology of Hope () and the recent Religion, Revolution and the Future (). He has lectured frequently in the United States and Canada in the last few years and has shown an increasing concern for the task of theology in an American.

Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty - Ebook written by Carl Schmitt. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices.

Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Political Theology. Runions, Erin, “ Detranscendentalizing Decisionism: Political Theology after Gayatri Spivak,” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 2 (Fall ): 67 – Rynkiewich, Michael A., Soul, Self, and Society: A Postmodern Anthropology for Mission in a Postcolonial World.

In Calvin's Political Theology and the Public Engagement of the Church, Matthew J. Tuininga explores a little appreciated dimension of John Calvin's political thought, his two kingdoms theology, as a model for constructive Christian participation in liberal society. "[Bretherton] establishes himself in this book as a leading figure in political theology by giving a profound synthetic account of political theory and theology." (Church Times, ) "I'll be giving Christianity and Contemporary Politics to my graduate students and others seeking to become authors and academics.

It is a model of the kind of. After establishing his core method and approach to such in chapter three, Yong moves on to develop a political theology based on the historic Pentecostal understanding of the five-fold Gospel.

In the context of politics and power, Yong emphasizes the place of Jesus as Savior. In the context of culture, Yong emphasizes Jesus as s: 4.

Aakash is series editor for the Routledge’s Ethics, Human Rights & Global Political Thought as well as the Oxford University Press Book Series Religion and Democracy: Reconceptualizing Religion, Culture, and Politics in a Global Context. He is also Executive Editor of the Journal Plurilogue.

This book deals with the aftermath of the enlightenment and its legacy in the political, social, and racial context. It discusses the incomplete project of modernity in terms of social contract theory, racial justice issues, and political theology in the postcolonial context.The book, Christ and the Common Life: Political Theology and the Case for Democracy, has been published this month by Wm.

B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. In the book, Bretherton considers a range of Christian approaches to political engagement across the Americas, Africa, and Europe.Political theology is a term which has been used in discussion of the ways in which theological concepts or ways of thinking relate to term political theology is often used to denote religious thought about political principled questions.

Scholars such as Carl Schmitt use it to denote religious concepts that were secularized and thus became key political concepts.