State of Change: Concept Metaphor of Pauline Principalities and Powers for a Political Theology of Peacebuilding

This essay responds to the need for a constructive account of the state that does not over-determine religious community-state relationships in peacebuilding scholarship and practice because experience and historically embodied stances towards the state defy affirmations about the state that produce...

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Main Author: Hunter-Bowman, Janna L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2019]
In: Political theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 20, Issue: 6, Pages: 498-517
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Colombia / State / Rural population / Peacebuilding / Powers and mights / Metaphor
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KBR Latin America
NCD Political ethics
Further subjects:B Colombia
B Peacebuilding
B messianic eschatology
B nation state
B conflict transformation
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Summary:This essay responds to the need for a constructive account of the state that does not over-determine religious community-state relationships in peacebuilding scholarship and practice because experience and historically embodied stances towards the state defy affirmations about the state that produce a static formula. It offers a concept metaphor rooted in the three-fold eschatological reality of the state at home in a world of pluralism that emerges from reflections on fieldwork in Colombia. The metaphor stresses the need to break the state's claim to ultimacy as the initial movement of engagement that allows for redemptive transformation. The notion of the state as a dynamic process is consistent with the stance Colombian communities have embodied in an ever-changing environment of conflict and peace.
Item Description:Das gedruckte Heft ist als Doppelheft erschienen: "Volume 20, numbers 5/6, August-September 2019"
ISSN:1743-1719
Contains:Enthalten in: Political theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2019.1624019