Theo-Politics?

Conversing with Barth in Western and Asian Contexts

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Using the theological work of Karl Barth as a resource for present-day inquiry, the contributors in this volume discuss the complex interconnections between the religious and the political designated by the term theo-politics. Speaking from various political and cultural contexts (Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the People’s Republic of China) and different disciplinary perspectives (Protestant Theology, Political Sciences, and Sociology), the contributors address contemporary challenges in relating the religious and the political in Western and Asian societies. Topics analyzed include the impact of diverse cultural backgrounds on given theo-political arrangements, theological assessments of political power, the political significance of individual and communal Christian existence and the place of Christian communities in civil societies. In their nuanced discussions of these topics, the contributors neither advocate for a privatized, apolitical understanding of the Christian faith nor for a religious politics seeking to overcome modern processes of differentiation and secularization. Critically engaging Barth’s theology, they examine the Christian responsibility in and for the political sphere and reflect on the practice of such responsibility in Western and Asian contexts.

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Utgivningsdatum:2021-10-25
Mått:161 x 238 x 36 mm
Vikt:1 002 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:512
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781978710054

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Markus Höfner is senior research associate at the Institute for Hermeneutics and Philosophy of Religion, Zürich University, Switzerland.

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May Karl Barth have something of value to say on theo-political themes today, more than half a century after his death, not just in the West, but also in Asia? The present volume provides robust, multifaceted and interdisciplinary answers to this question. Some of the authors point out Barth’s radical rejection of political ideologies and all forms of absolutizations, his emphasis on contingency and ambiguity in human affairs, or his denunciation of any withdrawal from the world. Others place his contribution in conversation with thinkers such as Carl Schmitt, Alexis de Tocqueville, or John Howard Yoder. Substantive theological conversations between Western and Asian scholars are urgently needed; this book is an excellent confirmation of the potential fruitfulness of such encounters

Innehållsförteckning

Part OneChristianity, Politics, and Culture: A Complex Relation in Western and Asian Contexts1.Religion, Politics, and Sino-Christian TheologyChloë Starr 2.Yes! Intercultural Existence TodayVolker Küster3. Recent Male Circumcision Controversies, Barth, and Infant BaptismGrace Y. Kao4. Caesarean Section between High-Tech Medicine and a Theology of Birth: Developing an “Ethics of the Middle Range” Martin Wendte5.The Ecclesiological Implications of the Political Attitude of the Chinese Authority toward ChristianityKim-kwong Chan6.The Power of the Religio-Poietic Complex in Politics: Karl Barth’s Strategies against the Nation Becoming Religiously ChargedGünter ThomasPart TwoLegitimacy and Sovereignty: Political Power in Theological Perspective7.Constitutional Theology: Karl Barth and Carl Schmitt on Legitimacy and the Rule of Law Clifford B. Anderson8.A Tale of Two Sovereignties: Karl Barth and Carl Schmitt in DialogueDevin Singh9.The Political