Political Theologies by Hent De Vries HARDBACK 9780823226443

Political TheologiesPublic Religions in a Post-Secular World\nAuthor(s): Hent de Vries, Lawrence E. Sullivan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Fordham University Press, United States\nImprint: Fordham University Press\nISBN-13: 9780823226443, 978-0823226443\nSynopsis\nWhat has happened to religion in its present manifestations? In recent years, Enlightenment secularization, as it appeared in the global spread of political structures that relegate the sacred to a private sphere, seems suddenly to have foundered. Unexpectedly, it has discovered its own parochialismhas discovered, indeed, that secularization may never have taken place at all.\n With the \""return of the religious,\"" in all aspects of contemporary social, political, and religious life, the question of political theologyof the relation between \""political\"" and \""religious\"" domainstakes on new meaning and new urgency. In this groundbreaking book, distinguished scholars from many disciplinesphilosophy, political theory, anthro.