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Political Religion
It is hard to deny that both the Christian and
the Islamic faith traditions have played a sig-
ni cant role through the centuries in in u-
encing world affairs. In this book Father Felix
KoĢrner, SJ, both a Catholic theologian and a
student of the Islamic tradition, looks at the
speci c ways in which these two Abrahamic
religions have shaped society and culture.
Utilizing seven models to fully denote the
nature of the intersection between faith and
culture, between religion and world, Father KoĢrner notes that religions see themselves as the divine means of transforming human conditions. But in the case of both Christianity and Islam, at times religion has served as a means of legitimizing violence and misrule. Looking at what he calls āthe social power of religion,ā he argues that religion is most fully itself when it is using its in uence not to endorse violence or the abuse of power, but when it āacknowledges the other.ā Only when religion uses its power to in uence the world in a positive manner, when it engages with modernity in a meaningful dialogue, does religion become āpoliticalā in a meaningful sense, and only then does it shape the world as it is called to do.
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Political Religionā
$29.56
Political Religion
It is hard to deny that both the Christian and
the Islamic faith traditions have played a sig-
ni cant role through the centuries in in u-
encing world affairs. In this book Father Felix
KoĢrner, SJ, both a Catholic theologian and a
student of the Islamic tradition, looks at the
speci c ways in which these two Abrahamic
religions have shaped society and culture.
Utilizing seven models to fully denote the
nature of the intersection between faith and
culture, between religion and world, Father KoĢrner notes that religions see themselves as the divine means of transforming human conditions. But in the case of both Christianity and Islam, at times religion has served as a means of legitimizing violence and misrule. Looking at what he calls āthe social power of religion,ā he argues that religion is most fully itself when it is using its in uence not to endorse violence or the abuse of power, but when it āacknowledges the other.ā Only when religion uses its power to in uence the world in a positive manner, when it engages with modernity in a meaningful dialogue, does religion become āpoliticalā in a meaningful sense, and only then does it shape the world as it is called to do.
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It is hard to deny that both the Christian and
the Islamic faith traditions have played a sig-
ni cant role through the centuries in in u-
encing world affairs. In this book Father Felix
KoĢrner, SJ, both a Catholic theologian and a
student of the Islamic tradition, looks at the
speci c ways in which these two Abrahamic
religions have shaped society and culture.
Utilizing seven models to fully denote the
nature of the intersection between faith and
culture, between religion and world, Father KoĢrner notes that religions see themselves as the divine means of transforming human conditions. But in the case of both Christianity and Islam, at times religion has served as a means of legitimizing violence and misrule. Looking at what he calls āthe social power of religion,ā he argues that religion is most fully itself when it is using its in uence not to endorse violence or the abuse of power, but when it āacknowledges the other.ā Only when religion uses its power to in uence the world in a positive manner, when it engages with modernity in a meaningful dialogue, does religion become āpoliticalā in a meaningful sense, and only then does it shape the world as it is called to do.
