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Author Wannenwetsch, Bernd, 1959-

Title Political worship / Bernd Wannenwetsch ; translated by Margaret Kohl.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 402 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Oxford studies in theological ethics
Oxford studies in theological ethics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-377) and indexes.
Contents Abbreviations; Introduction: Beyond Communitarianism and Liberalism; PART I: WORSHIP AS THE BEGINNING OF CHRISTIAN ETHICS; PART II: WORSHIP AS THE CRITICAL POWER OF CHRISTIAN ETHICS: CHRISTIAN CITIZENS IN A TORN AND DIVIDED WORLD; PART III: WORSHIP AS FORMATIVE POWER FOR CHRISTIAN ETHICS; Bibliography; Index of Subjects; Index of Names; Index of Biblical References.
Summary How does Christian ethics begin? This pioneering study explores the grammar of the Christian life as it is embodied and learned in worship as the formative experience of the 'fellow citizens of God's people'. The book presents the first in-depth theological investigation of the phenomenon of 'political worship' by exposing the political nature of worship and the worship dimension of politics. In a careful analysis of biblical and traditional conceptions of worship, Wannenwetsch demonstrates how the genuine political character of worship neutralizes attempts to politicize or de-politicize it. I.
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Subject Worship.
Worship.
Christian ethics.
Christian ethics.
Church and state.
Church and state.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title Gottesdienst als Lebensform--Ethik für Christenbürger. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004110546
Other Form: Print version: Wannenwetsch, Bernd, 1959- Gottesdienst als Lebensform--Ethik für Christenbürger. English. Political worship. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009, ©2004 (DLC) 2009517991
ISBN 9780191570353 (electronic book)
0191570354 (electronic book)
9780199568123
019956812X
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