Political structures: democracy

Thirty years ago, Kathryn Tanner put forward a daring proposal.

Ultimately, or so H.

The immense power the Catholic Church once wielded in Ireland has considerably diminished over the last fifty years.

Although scholars increasingly understand Scripture to contain political dimensions and implications, the interpretation of Scripture is often marginalized in most scholarly discussions of political theology.

In 2007, Antje Jackelén adopted the motto "e;God is greater"e; from the First Letter of John 3:18-20 for her consecration as the bishop of the Diocese of Lund.

This book explores why the metaphor of the church as a family is insufficient.

Culture, Religion, and Home-making in and Beyond South Asia explores how the idea of the home is repurposed or re-envisioned in relation to experiences of modernity, urbanization, conflict, migration and displacement.

Media reporting on Islam and Muslims commonly relate stories about terrorism, violence, or the lack of integration with western values and society.

Although humans have always migrated, the present phenomenon of mass migration is unprecedented in scale and global in reach.

The way most people think about religion and politics is only loosely linked to empirical reality, argues Ryan P.

What was Martin Luther King Jr.

Practicing Sectarianism explores the imaginative and contradictory ways that people live sectarianism.

Neoliberalism is the reigning, overarching spirit of our age.

How should the church relate to the public sphere?

This book situates public theology within the genre of political theology.

Dispatches on nationalism and religionAs an insider to church politics and a scholar of contemporary Orthodoxy, Cyril Hovorun outlines forms of political orthodoxy in Orthodox churches, past and present.

All of us should condemn terrorism--whether the perpetrators are Muslim extremists, white supremacists, Marxist revolutionaries, or our own government.

This book's central claim is that a close reading of Augustine's epistemology can help political theologians develop affirmative accounts of political liberalism.

Donald Trump, a thrice-married, no-need-of-forgiveness, blustery billionaire who rarely goes to church, won more Evangelical Christian votes than any candidate in history on his way to winning the 2016 US presidential election.

In this accessible and sophisticated exploration of the nature and workings of social and political power, Mark Haugaard examines the interrelation between domination and empowerment.

A tightly written, dispassionate and unsentimental account of American Catholic political history, one backed by substantial research.

"e;A fascinating story .

The Civil Rights Movement.

Justice, even divine justice, is concrete.

Does European integration contribute to, or even accelerate, the erosion of intra-party democracy?

Theology and the Globalized Present focuses on the world's future in God and God's creativeness.

"e;Kotsko goes beyond the biography of an icon to a provocative investigation of the devil's many lives and effects in cultural and political ideologies.

Law and Theology offers the definitive account of the relationship between law and theology in the Christian tradition.

In 1996, Walter Capps won a seat in US House of Representatives.

The 2014 Supreme Court ruling on McCullen v.

Shaking the Gates of Hell: Faith-Led Resistance to Corporate Globalization breaks new ground by describing the global economy and its effects from the perspective of an integrated theology of "e;the earth as primary revelation"e; and the institutional powers of this world.

This short book rewrites the history of modern American liberalism.

Today's social and political climate often pits conservative or traditional Christianity against "e;progressive"e; Christianity.

The diaspora of scholars exiled from Russia in 1922 offered something vital for both Russian Orthodoxy and for ecumenical dialogue.

What is friendship?

Bat, Ball & Bible chronicles the collision of moral and social forces in the argument over upholding New York State’s blue laws, meant to restrict social activities and maintain Sunday’s traditional standing as a day of religious observation.

When people look back at the 2016 Election, they will use many words to describe it.

It is hard to imagine a more Orwellian presidency than George W.

Are all governments--east and west, Muslim and secular, authoritarian and constitutional, Republican and Democratic--fundamentally the same, all of them under the extraordinary, growing power of "e;technique"e; and bureaucracy?

To what extent have political decision-making processes become mediatized?

A classic of faith-based activism-updated for a new generation.

Pope Paul VI's notion of "e;integral human development,"e; which was endorsed by his successors including Pope Francis, broke with the modern project of purely economic and technological development, resulting in an original understanding of development.

First published in 1983, Explaining and Predicting Elections is the first cross-national and comprehensive explanation of election results.

We, in the West in general, and the United States in particular, have witnessed over the last twenty years a slow erosion of our civilizational self-confidence.

In what we tell ourselves is an age of reason, we are behaving increasingly irrationally.

In a time of political turmoil, how should we pray?

Politics and Religion: The Basics provides a concise introduction to the complex interactions between politics and religion in both domestic and international contexts.

How is it that the person who created and defined the field of Black Studies and drafted Dr.

The church in the United States faces a dilemma: How is it possible for Christ's followers to worship faithfully in a nationalistic environment where religion and politics enjoy a vigorous affiliation while the separation of church and state is celebrated as the standard for the relationship between nation and faith?