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Title Religion, politics, and law / edited by Peter Lodberg
Published Aarhus, Denmark : Aarhus University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (186 pages)
Series Acta Jutlandica ; 84:3 Theological series. Religion and normativity ; vol. 3
Acta Jutlandica ; 84:3.
Acta Jutlandica. Teologisk serie.
Religion and normativity ; v. 3.
Contents pt. I. Democracy, religion, and modernity. Democracy and modernity : a Lutheran perspective / Svend Andersen -- Foucault and Habermas : the dilemma of power vs. rationality / Lars Albinus -- On the so-called return of religion : some critical remarks from a philosophical point of view / Vagn Andersen -- Freedom of expression : religion, censorship, and citizenship / Johannes Adamsen -- 'Strong principal emotions', 'fundamental attitudes' and 'ethical problems' : representations of religion in the Danish Parliament / Henrik Reintoft Christensen -- In the name of the father(s) : dimensions of civil religion in war accounts / Morten Brænder -- The labyrinth solved? : Sayyid Quṭb's radical Islamist view of democracy / John Møller Larsen -- Islamic law in Europe : the challenge of legal pluralism / Karen-Lise Johansen Karman -- pt. II. Democracy, church, and ethics. The authority of the Bible in private and public life / Johannes Nissen -- Church between nation and empire / Peter Lodberg -- Sin and crime, penance and punishment / Per Ingesman -- Saving the world : shaping Europe : the relation between church and politics in the theology of Bernard of Clairvaux / Else Marie Wiberg Pedersen -- Totalitarian ideologies and the Christian churches / Jens Holger Schjørring -- When faiths collide and states meet / Viggo Mortensen -- The mysterious presence of the divine / Ulrik Nissen
Summary The relationship between religion, politics, and law represents, one of the most important issues in contemporary discussions on the world's future. While global changes and political conflicts in many parts of the world demand serious reflection about the role of religion in politics and in public discourse, the study of religion in post-secular societies calls for reflections about the normative role of religion in politics and law. Through the contributions of scholars in the disciplines of theology, the science of religion, and political science, this volume presents an absorbing analysis
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Subject Religion and politics.
Religion and law.
Religion and sociology.
Democracy -- Religious aspects.
Social change.
Globalization.
globalism.
sociology of religion.
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
RELIGION -- Essays.
RELIGION -- Reference.
Democracy -- Religious aspects
Globalization
Religion and law
Religion and politics
Religion and sociology
Social change
Demokratie
Religion
Moderne
Zivilreligion
Kirche
Ethik
Form Electronic book
Author Lodberg, Peter.
ISBN 9788779346567
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