Spaces of modern theology: geography and power in Schleiermacher's world
"As stories of borders, territorial disputes, and migration have escalated in recent years, so too space has emerged as a critical concept in theoretical literature. This book explores the imagination of space at the dawn of modern, liberal theology in the writings of Friedrich Schleiermacher....
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY Basingstoke
Palgrave Macmillan
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Series/Journal: | New approaches to religion and power
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Schleiermacher, Friedrich 1768-1834
/ Theology
/ Space
/ Place
/ Geography
B Schleiermacher, Friedrich 1768-1834 / Space / Theological anthropology / Philosophical anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
Human geography
B Space Religious aspects Christianity B Schleiermacher, Friedrich, 1768-1834 B Human Geography B Schleiermacher, Friedrich (1768-1834) B Space Religious aspects Christianity |
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| Summary: | "As stories of borders, territorial disputes, and migration have escalated in recent years, so too space has emerged as a critical concept in theoretical literature. This book explores the imagination of space at the dawn of modern, liberal theology in the writings of Friedrich Schleiermacher. Schleiermacher wrote against the backdrop of expanding European colonialism and nationalism, providing a powerful ethics of space for a rapidly shrinking planet. Selectively appropriated, Schleiermacher's spaces of modern theology can be a valuable contribution to contemporary attempts to theorize the importance of space and place in human geographies"-- |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 231-235. - Index |
| ISBN: | 1137269014 |