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Political theology has traditionally explored the legitimization of political authority on the basis of divine revelation and of natural reason informed by religious authority, texts, and traditions. New challenges emerging in the postwar era gave rise to ongoing debate about the place of religion in public life, in the United States and in other established democracies, and this debate has dramatically reshaped the way scholars, policymakers, and religious leaders think about political theology. Political Theology for a Plural Age provides historic and contemporary understandings of political engagement in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, engaging political theologies not merely as a set of theoretical concepts but as religious beliefs and principles that motivate specific political action. The essays in this volume, written by leading thinkers and practitioners within each tradition and their secular counterparts, examine a number of core issues at the intersection of religion and politics. They contest the definition of political theology, establish a common discourse across the three Abrahamic traditions, and closely examine how globalization, secularization, and pluralism affect the construction and plausibility of political theologies. Finally, the essays offer insight into how political theologies might adapt to the shared global challenges of the twenty-first century.
Political theology has traditionally explored the legitimization of political authority on the basis of divine revelation and of natural reason informed by religious authority, texts, and traditions. New challenges emerging in the postwar era gave rise to ongoing debate about the place of religion in public life, in the United States and in other established democracies, and this debate has dramatically reshaped the way scholars, policymakers, and religious leaders think about political theology. Political Theology for a Plural Age provides historic and contemporary understandings of political engagement in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, engaging political theologies not merely as a set of theoretical concepts but as religious beliefs and principles that motivate specific political action. The essays in this volume, written by leading thinkers and practitioners within each tradition and their secular counterparts, examine a number of core issues at the intersection of religion and politics. They contest the definition of political theology, establish a common discourse across the three Abrahamic traditions, and closely examine how globalization, secularization, and pluralism affect the construction and plausibility of political theologies. Finally, the essays offer insight into how political theologies might adapt to the shared global challenges of the twenty-first century.
Contributors
Introduction, Michael Kessler
Part I: Theologies of the Political: A Conversation
José Casanova, Michael Kessler, Mark Lilla, and John Milbank
Part II: Domesticating Religion: The Abrahamic Faiths and the
Democratic State
Chapter 2: The Great Combination: Modern Political Thought and the
Collapse of the Two Cities, Patrick Deneen
Chapter 3: The Emergence and Development of Liberal Jewish
Political Theology, Jerome Copulsky
Chapter 4: Christianity and the Rise of the Democratic State, Eric
Gregory
Chapter 5: Is the King a Democrat? The Politics of Islam in
Morocco, Paul Heck
Part III: Confronting Pluralism: Main Trends in Political
Theologies Today
Chapter 6: Difference, Resemblance, Dialogue: Some Goals for
Comparative Political Theology in a Plural Age, Michael Kessler
Chapter 7: ''Reading'' the Status of Public Theologies: Rhetorical
Analysis of the Media Construction of Political Islam, Elizabeth
Bucar
Chapter 8: The Future of Political Theology: From Crisis to
Pluralism, Robin Lovin
Chapter 9: Doing Political Theology Today, David Novak
Chapter 10: Augustinian Christian Republican Citizenship, Charles
Mathewes
Chapter 11: Islamic Political Theologies and International
Relations, Jocelyne Cesari
Index
Michael Kessler is Associate Director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center. He works in theology, ethics, and the nexus of law, politics, and religion.
"How often do we talk about religion's enormous impact on politics
without ever stopping to ponder the insights and challenges of
political theology? Thanks to Michael Kessler's extraordinary
collection, there will be no excuses for this mistake any longer.
Gathered here are some of the very finest thinkers in the field,
representing a breathtaking range of traditions and viewpoints.
This exciting book deserves a very broad audience." --E. J. Dionne
Jr,
University Professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture,
Georgetown University
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