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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