God'S Rule: The Politics of World Religions - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0878409106 ISBN 13: 9780878409105

Verlag: New Publisher, 2021

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This book will be valuable for those at more advanced levels studying religious theories of political order. Choice

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Anthology on how world religions understand politics. Designed for students and lay persons, each chapter includes highly accessible discussions of the following points: 1. what the tradition's classical and scriptural sources say about politics; 2. the tradition's theory of politics; 3. the medium the tradition uses to express politics; 4. the tradition's message of politics; 5. and how the tradition views nonbelievers. Contributors include Jacob Neusner on Judaism; Bruce Chilton on primitive and early Christianity; Charles Curran on Catholic Christianity; Petros Vassiliades on Orthodox Christianity; Martin Marty on Reformation Christianity; John Esposito on Islam; Brian Smith on Hinduism; Mark Csikszentmihalyi on Confucianism; and Todd Lewis on Buddhism. William Scott Green provides a lucid introduction, and each chapter includes suggestions for further reading. The book also includes a glossary.

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• Verlag: New Publisher
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• ISBN 10: 0878409106
• ISBN 13: 9780878409105
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 281