The possibility of a Christian politics
Forty-five years ago David Martin, then in his early forties, wrote an influential article for Theology, Ethical Commentary and Political Decision' (October 1973). In this he argued that the sociologist can be useful to political decision-makers: by providing an analysis of the political situa...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2018]
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Theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 121, Issue: 2, Pages: 117-121 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics HA Bible NCD Political ethics SA Church law; state-church law |
| Further subjects: | B
Chosen People
B Neighbour B political realities B Christian politics B Liberation |
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| Summary: | Forty-five years ago David Martin, then in his early forties, wrote an influential article for Theology, Ethical Commentary and Political Decision' (October 1973). In this he argued that the sociologist can be useful to political decision-makers: by providing an analysis of the political situation as it is, was or will be (but emphatically not ought to be'), and by tracing the antecedents of a situation and the possible future consequences of that situation. Now, after a lifetime of distinguished research on different patterns of European secularization and, in contrast, on the global expansion of Pentecostalism, he returns to the theme of political decision-making. He offers a unique overview of the various options today that are possible, or no longer possible, for a specifically Christian politics. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2696 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040571X17740536 |