| Description |
1 online resource (195 pages) |
| Contents |
Cities and gods : the return of political theology -- Sodom : hospitality and conflict -- Athens : demons of decision -- Rome : demons, destruction, and difference -- Córdoba : belief and belonging -- Washington DC : divine desire for destruction -- Cities of refuge |
| Summary |
Theological concepts continue to maintain political concepts well after those theological concepts are no longer supported by belief. Cities on the Plains examines some of these concepts in the light of five different times and places. It is both a response to theological concerns in contemporary political theory and broadly accessible examination of familiar political issues touched by the divine - such as gay marriage, 911, or the French tradition of laicite. Concerns of difference and the divine are pursued through broadly familiar texts (the Bible, and Gore Vidal), significant texts of political theory (Plato and Augustine), and less common texts (Averroes). Gods, or the intellectual territory they used to occupy, are treated as important features of the political; contesting with these gods can help us visit, defend, and desire, (to paraphrase Deleuze and Guatarri) new cities and new peoples |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references pages (157-182) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Religion and politics -- History
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Religion and politics -- United States
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Political culture -- United States
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International relations.
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RELIGION -- Religion, Politics & State.
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Politics and Government.
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Political culture
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Religion and politics
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780230623781 |
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0230623786 |
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9781349378180 |
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1349378186 |
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