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Religion and Political Thought Michael Hoelzl

Religion and Political Thought By Michael Hoelzl

Religion and Political Thought by Michael Hoelzl

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Provides a resource for studies in religion and politics. Divided in three parts, this book outlines the relevance of reviewing the relationship between the two subject areas and the key concepts that relate these two fields. It comprises a selection of readings that explore the metaphor of the body and its political deployment.

Religion and Political Thought Summary

Religion and Political Thought by Michael Hoelzl

This book provides an essential resource for studies in religion and politics. It is divided into three parts, beginning with an introduction outlining the contemporary relevance of reviewing the relationship between the two subject areas; a brief history of the interactions between religion and politics that have pertained both in East and the West, and the key concepts that relate these two fields. The second section comprises a selection of classic readings. This title is ideal for students of both religion and politics and general readers who are interested in the topics.

Religion and Political Thought Reviews

'This timely anthology is more than just a rounding up of the usual suspects. Although the indispensable classic texts in political theology are here, they are joined by both classic "secular" political voices and some provocative new contemporary voices who work on the edge of politics and religion. The editors' introductions and the texts themselves blur the lines between the temporal and the spiritual in helpful ways. If the world is not simply advancing toward greater secularization, it may be because the "secular" itself is a kind of "religion." This book is a tremendous resource for exploring such a world.' William T. Cavanaugh, Associate Professor of Theology, University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, USA
"This is a stimulating collection , with good bibliographical pointers, that opens up major questions for readers at every level" Theological Book Review Vol. 19 No. 1 2007 -- nicholas Sagovsky

About Michael Hoelzl

Michael Hoelzl is lecturer in Philosophy of Religion at the University of Manchester. Graham Ward is Professor of Contextual Theology and Ethics at the University of Manchester.

Table of Contents

I Introduction; Essay on religion and political thought.; II Classical Texts; 1. Introduction to and overview of the Classical Material beginning with Aristotle's analysis of different political forms of governance; 2. The Body Metaphor in Christian Polity; Augustine, excerpt from 'City of God'; John of Salisbury, excerpt from 'Policratus'; Aquinas, excerpt from 'On Government'; Boniface VIII, 'Unam Sanctam'; 3. The Battle for Sovereignty in Early Modernity; Martin Luther, excerpt from 'An Address to German Noblemen'; Jean Bodin, excerpt from 'Six Books on the Commonwealth'; James I, excerpt from 'Basilicon Doron'; Thomas Hobbes, excerpt from 'Leviathan'; Enlightenment; a) Monarchy and Parliamentarism in Europe; Jean Jacques Rousseau, excerpt from 'The Social Contract'; Joseph de Maistre, excerpt from 'On Constitution'; The French Constitution of 1793; Immanuel Kant, 'What is Enlightenment?'; b) Democracy and Constitutionalism in the United States; Thomas Paine, excerpt from 'Common Sense'; Constitution of the United States 1787; Excerpts from The Federalist Papers; Alexis de Tocqueville, excerpt from 'Democracy in America'; 5. From Marx to Socialism; Karl Marx, 'Introduction to the Critique OF Hegel's Philosophy of Right'; Max Weber, excerpt from 'Prostestantism and the Spirit of Capitalism'; Simone Weil, excerpt from 'The need for roots'; 6. Totalitarian Seduction in Democracy; Carl Schmitt, excerpt from 'Political Theology'; Hannah Arendt, 'Banality of Evil'; Eric Voegelin, excerpt from 'Political Religion'; III Current Debates; Giorgio Agamben, excerpt from 'Homo Sacer'; Slavoj Zizek, excerpt from 'Did Anyone say Totalitarianism?'; Charles Taylor, excerpt from 'Secularism and Democracy'; Johann Baptist Metz, excerpt from 'New Political Theology'; Marcella Althaus Reid (commissioned essay on Liberation Theology and Gender Politics); John Zavos (commissioned essay on Hinduism and Nationalism); Francesca Tarrocco (commissioned essay on Buddhism and the New China); Andreas Christmann (commissioned essay on Islamic Fundamentalism).

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NPB9780826480057
9780826480057
0826480055
Religion and Political Thought by Michael Hoelzl
Michael Hoelzl
New
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2006-06-30
306
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