How Theological is Political Theology? The Case of Twentieth-Century American Protestantism
How theological is political theology? Twentieth century American Protestantism illustrates that the answer depends on more than the extent to which a political theology is theological. For example, Walter Rauschenbusch and subsequent emancipatory political theologians understand theology's pol...
| Subtitles: | Roundtable: How Theological is Political Theology? |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2018]
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| In: |
Political theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 19, Issue: 8, Pages: 681-688 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Protestantism
/ Political theology
/ Theology
/ History 1900-2000
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBQ North America KDD Protestant Church |
| Further subjects: | B
John Howard Yoder
B Reconciliation B Practice B Walter Rauschenbusch B Justification B Reinhold Niebuhr |
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| Summary: | How theological is political theology? Twentieth century American Protestantism illustrates that the answer depends on more than the extent to which a political theology is theological. For example, Walter Rauschenbusch and subsequent emancipatory political theologians understand theology's political significance very differently than John Howard Yoder and other political theologians influenced by the Radical Reformation. Nevertheless, both groups conceive the Christian gospel as a politics and so concur that Christian theology is essentially political. By contrast, Reinhold Niebuhr interpreted the gospel as disclosure of God's mercy and therefore denied that Christian theology is primarily a politics-for society or the church. Hence, although all three of these political theologies are thoroughly theological, they are not political in the same manner or for the same reasons. Accordingly, in addition to quantitative considerations, ascertaining theology's place in political theology involves discerning how a political theology is theological and why a theology is political. |
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| Item Description: | Das gedruckte Heft ist als Doppelheft erschienen: "Volume 19 Numbers 7-8 November-December 2018" |
| ISSN: | 1743-1719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2018.1520825 |