Religion, Authority, and the State

Leo D. Lefebure is Matteo Ricci, S.J., Professor of Theology at Georgetown University, USA. He is the author of True and Holy: Christian Scripture and Other Religions and the co-author of The Path of Wisdom: A Christian Commentary on the Dhamma.

“In this volume, the authors remember Constantines legacy, and how religious freedom in some places and the lack of it in others have  been affected by that legacy. … This book was a very detailed and interesting read on religion throughout the world. It was informative and detailed.” (Justin Dilliplane, Resolved for Christ, resolvedfc.blogspot.de, January, 2018)

• Foreword; His Holiness, Orthodox Patriarch of Serbia Irinej.- Introduction; Leo D. Lefebure.- Part I: International Perspectives.- 1. Specters of a New Ecumenism:  In Search of a Church ‘Out of Joint’; Dale Irvin.- 2. Religion and the State: Contexts, Controversies, and Conjectures in Australia, Indonesia and Egypt; Patricia Madigan.- Part II: Asia and Africa.- 3. A Postcolonial Theological Reading of the Philippines: Church-State Relation and a Familia Dei Response; Pascal Bazzell.- 4. Diagnosing the Politics of Christian-Muslim Conflicts in the West African Sub-Region: Going beyond the Western Paradigm; Chukwumamkpam Vincent Ifeme.- 5. Islamic Extremism in West Africa: A Historical and Theological Reading of the Religious Conflicts between Muslims and Non-Muslims in the West African Sub-Region; Ikenna Okafor.- Part III: United States of America.- 6. The Reign of God and Constantine’s Disputed Legacy: Religious Freedom, Sacred Empire, and the American Experience; Leo D. Lefebure.- 7. The U.S. Bishops’ Campaign for Religious Freedom during the 2012 Presidential Election Year:  A Critical Analysis; Dennis M. Doyle.- Part IV: Europe.- 8. Confessional Belonging and National Identity: A Case-study of Serbia, Croatia and Germany; Vladimir Latinovic.- 9. Sobornost’, State Authority, and Christian Society in Slavophile Political Authority; Nathaniel Wood.- 10. Church and State in England: A Fragile Establishment; Mark Chapman.- 11. Religion and the Rising: Patrick Pearse and Easter 1916; Gerard Mannion.