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Author : Gary North
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 808 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Political Polytheism written by Gary North and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Page duBois
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674728831
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (747 download)
Download or read book A Million and One Gods written by Page duBois and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As A Million and One Gods shows, polytheism is considered a scandalous presence in societies oriented to Jewish, Christian, and Muslim beliefs. Yet it persists, even in the West, perhaps because polytheism corresponds to unconscious needs and deeply held values of tolerance, diversity, and equality that are central to civilized societies.
Author : Mario Ferrero
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030979431
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)
Download or read book The Political Economy of Indo-European Polytheism written by Mario Ferrero and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-04-23 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sheds new light on the evolution and transformation of polytheistic religions. By applying economic models to the study of religious history and by viewing religious events as the result of rational choices under given environmental constraints, it offers a political economy perspective for the study of Indo-European polytheism. The book formally models the rivalry or competition among multiple gods in a polytheistic system and the monotheistic solution to this competition. Presenting case studies on the transformation and demise of various polytheistic religions, it highlights the pivotal role of the priestly class in driving religious change and suggests a joint explanation for the demise of Greco-Roman religion and the resilience of Hinduism and Zoroastrianism. It will appeal to scholars of the economics of religion and religious history and to anyone seeking new insights into the birth and death of religions, and the birth of monotheism in particular.
Author : Angus Nicholls
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317817222
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book Myth and the Human Sciences written by Angus Nicholls and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book-length critical analysis in any language of Hans Blumenberg’s theory of myth. Blumenberg can be regarded as the most important German theorist of myth of the second half of the twentieth century, and his Work on Myth (1979) has resonated across disciplines ranging from literary theory, via philosophy, religious studies and anthropology, to the history and philosophy of science. Nicholls introduces Anglophone readers to Blumenberg’s biography and to his philosophical contexts. He elucidates Blumenberg’s theory of myth by relating it to three important developments in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century German philosophy (hermeneutics, phenomenology and philosophical anthropology), while also comparing Blumenberg’s ideas with those of other prominent theorists of myth such as Vico, Hume, Schelling, Max Müller, Frazer, Sorel, Freud, Cassirer, Heidegger, Horkheimer and Adorno. According to Nicholls, Blumenberg’s theory of myth can only be understood in relation to the ‘human sciences,’ since it emerges from a speculative hypothesis concerning the emergence of the earliest human beings. For Blumenberg, myth was originally a cultural adaptation that constituted the human attempt to deal with anxieties concerning the threatening forces of nature by anthropomorphizing those forces into mythic images. In the final two chapters, Blumenberg’s theory of myth is placed within the post-war political context of West Germany. Through a consideration of Blumenberg’s exchanges with Carl Schmitt, as well as by analysing unpublished correspondence and parts of the original Work of Myth manuscript that Blumenberg held back from publication, Nicholls shows that Blumenberg’s theory of myth also amounted to a reckoning with the legacy of National Socialism.
Author : Christopher A. Haw
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108841309
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Monotheism, Intolerance, and the Path to Pluralistic Politics written by Christopher A. Haw and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the dangers and benefits of monotheistic intolerance, interacting with scholars of monotheism, evolutionary theory, and agonistic pluralism.
Author : Halla Kim
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739182366
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)
Download or read book Kant, Fichte, and the Legacy of Transcendental Idealism written by Halla Kim and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kant, Fichte, and the Legacy of Transcendental Idealism contains ten new essays by leading and rising scholars from the United States, Europe, and Asia who explore the historical development and conceptual contours of Kantian and post-Kantian philosophy.
Author : James C. Sanford
Publisher : Metacomet Books
ISBN 13 : 0974704245
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (747 download)
Download or read book Blueprint for Theocracy written by James C. Sanford and published by Metacomet Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This investigation sheds new light on the confrontational stance the religious right has taken toward contemporary America by examining the nature and origins of its highly charged ideas. It traces its belief system, commonly called the "Christian Worldview," to four Christian thinkers (Abraham Kuyper, Cornelius Van Til, Rousas John Rushdoony, and Francis Schaeffer) known for their anti-modernist, authoritarian, and in some cases, openly theocratic ideas. Although virtually unknown to most Americans, these men have been treated like patron saints by the religious right. Their ideas, seriously discussed within the movement and codified in Christian Worldview documents during the 1980s, have been widely disseminated to followers through textbooks and seminars, evolving over time into standard talking points. The book then examines how the ideology buttresses the movement's controversial, right-wing agenda. It explores how the Christian Worldview advances a concept of “total truth” that is unique to biblical Christians and enables them to redefine freedom, law, government, and even history and science, in their own infallible terms. A vision for the future and plan of action are formed on the basis of these certainties. The book concludes by discussing the danger the ideology poses to pluralist society and offers intelligent ways of confronting it.
Author : Christian Kim
Publisher : The Hermit Kingdom Press
ISBN 13 : 9780972386449
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Christian Body Politic written by Christian Kim and published by The Hermit Kingdom Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Do you want to find out CHRISTIAN ideas on POLITICS? This book is for you!" CHRISTIAN BODY POLITIC is a book that tackles difficult questions regarding the Christian perspective on the relationship between Church and State. Leading Christian thinkers and activists discuss such questions as: Did Jesus support the Death Penalty? What role should the Church play in government? What does the Bible teach about governing authority's legitimacy? Is democracy the only Bible-approved government? Professor Stephen Joel Garver has been teaching philosophy courses to students at La Salle University in Philadelphia, PA, for a long time, and Prof. Garver shares insightful thoughts on the concept of Jesus as King. What does it mean for our modern society? Professor Cliff Bates, who is teaching political science at the University of Warsaw in POLAND, shares his insights on the concept of the State and Christian responses to it. Prof. Bates discusses the issue of the Holocaust as well. Rev. David Kim, who is a major leader with an evangelical student campus movement, shares his wisdom on the idea of the City of God. If Christians are citizens of the City of God in Heaven, how does that identity relate to Christians' life on earth. Is there a relationship? Does it matter? Rev. Lee Irons, who hosts a Christian think-tank, The Upper Register, gives an informative account of the the current evangelical-reformed discussion on the relationship between Church and State and offers some of his own ideas. The editor of the volume, Christian Kim, presents cogent arguments about Jesus Christ's attitudes about the Death Penalty.
Author : Jacob Taubes
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804733458
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Political Theology of Paul written by Jacob Taubes and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly original interpretation of Paul by the Jewish philosopher of religion Jacob Taubes was presented in a number of lectures held in Heidelberg toward the end of his life, and was regarded by him as his "spiritual testament. Taubes engages with classic Paul commentators, including Karl Barth, but also situates the Pauline text in the context of Freud, Nietzsche, Benjamin, Adorno, Scholem, and Rosenzweig. In his distinctive argument for the apocalyptic-revolutionary potential of Romans, Taubes also takes issue with the "political theology advanced by the conservative Catholic jurist Carl Schmitt. Taubess reading has been crucial for a number of interpretations of political theology and of Paul--including those of Jan Assmann and Giorgio Agamben--and it belongs to a wave of fresh considerations of Pauls legacy (Boyarin, Lyotard, Badiou, Zîzêk). Finally, Taubess far-ranging lectures provide important insights into the singular experiences and views of this unconventional Jewish intellectual living in post-Holocaust Germany.
Author : Natalia Vlas
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443850764
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Religion and Politics in the 21st Century written by Natalia Vlas and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-26 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion and Politics in the 21st Century is composed of a number of articles that were presented during the 2012 international conference on “Religion and Politics in the Globalization Era” organized by the Centre for Political Analysis in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. With careful attention given to 21st century religious resurgence and its dynamic interactions with political structures and the public sphere, the present volume captures a wide variety of perspectives on contemporary religion and politics, ranging from theoretical approaches to case studies and from analyzing global facets to exploring local situations. Its thematic richness and its careful exploration of not only present realities, but also of patterns of past interactions and of possible future directions, render this volume a valuable resource for scholars, policy makers and the general public as well.
Author : Khan
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9004635149
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)
Download or read book The Extinction of Nation-States written by Khan and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2023-09-14 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work explores whether the nation-state is a useful concept under contemporary international law. It begins with an analysis of Grotius's masterpiece The Law of War and Peace, tracing the historical development of the nation-state. It then argues that due to increased interdependence among the peoples of the world, the nation-state has become dysfunctional in serving the needs of global life. Emphasizing a world without borders, the book offers the concept of the Free State that allows the free movement of goods, services, capital, information and the peoples of the world. International legal scholars, diplomats, policy makers and foreign affairs experts will find this book particularly interesting.
Author : Bernd-Christian Otto
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110437252
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)
Download or read book History and Religion written by Bernd-Christian Otto and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History is one of the most important cultural tools to make sense of one’s situation, to establish identity, define otherness, and explain change. This is the first systematic scholarly study that analyses the complex relationship between history and religion, taking into account religious groups both as producers of historical narratives as well as distinct topics of historiography. Coming from different disciplines, the authors of this volume ask under which conditions and with what consequences religions are historicised. How do religious groups employ historical narratives in the construction of their identities? What are the biases and elisions of current analytical and descriptive frames in the History of Religion? The volume aims at initiating a comparative historiography of religion and combines disciplinary competences of Religious Studies and the History of Religion, Confessional Theologies, History, History of Science, and Literary Studies. By applying literary comparison and historical contextualization to those texts that have been used as central documents for histories of individual religions, their historiographic themes, tools and strategies are analysed. The comparative approach addresses circum-Mediterranean and European as well as Asian religious traditions from the first millennium BCE to the present and deals with topics such as the origins of religious historiography, the practices of writing and the transformation of narratives.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Ancient History: Macedon, 401-301 B. C written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mitchell Dean
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446293181
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)
Download or read book The Signature of Power written by Mitchell Dean and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2013-09-25 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When it comes to 'power', it can often feel as if everyone is talking about it, yet no one appears to have given it any thought. Well, not quite. In this original and timely book, Mitchell Dean provides a characteristically thoughtful and incisive analysis that aims to renovate the concept of power through an understanding of its signature and how it works. Through a thorough and intelligent engagement with the work of Foucault, Schmitt, and Agamben, their lacuna and failings, Dean pieces together a clear and precise account of sovereignty, governmentality, and bio-politics, which has much to commend it." - Paul Du Gay, Copenhagen Business School "Dean’s erudite and relentlessly critical reading of Foucault, Schmitt and Agamben extracts from these authors new insights about the signature of power ... Immensely valuable and a major contribution to social and political thought." - William Walters, Carleton University Mitchell Dean revitalized the study of ‘governmentality’ with his bestselling book of the same title. His new book on power is a landmark work. It combines an extraordinary breadth of perspective with pinpoint accuracy about what power means for us today. For students it provides sharp readings of the main approaches in the field. On this level, it operates as a foundational work in the study of power. It builds on this to reframe the concept of power, offering original and exceptionally fruitful reading. It throws new light onto the importance of biopolitics, sovereignty and governmentality. Mitchell Dean has established himself as a master of governmentality. This new book will do the same for how we conceptualize and use power. Mitchell Dean is Professor of Public Governance at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and Professor of Sociology at the University of Newcastle, Australia.
Author : Robert W. Cox
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415252911
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (529 download)
Download or read book The Political Economy of a Plural World written by Robert W. Cox and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses such core issues as global civil society, power and knowledge, the covert world, multilateralism, and civilizations and world order. It is essential reading for all students and academics in the field.
Author : John Bagnell Bury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 718 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (37 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Ancient History: Macedon, 401-301 B.C written by John Bagnell Bury and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Bagnell Bury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Ancient History: The fourth century B.C., 2nd ed., 1994 written by John Bagnell Bury and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
