The 'People of God' and its Idols in the 'One and Other' Testaments: How Sacred Scripture Challenges Populist Rhetoric
If, from the historiographical point of view, populism can be considered a modern phenomenon, the 'tribal' character of the conception of people which it underpins enables a consideration of the populist rhetoric in the light of the biblical message and an approach to the populist way of u...
| Published in: | Concilium |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SCM Press
[2019]
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| In: |
Concilium
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible
/ People of God
/ Populism
/ Rhetoric
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics HA Bible |
| Further subjects: | B
Religion & Politics
B Bible B Democracy B IDOLS & images B Populism B Rhetoric |
| Summary: | If, from the historiographical point of view, populism can be considered a modern phenomenon, the 'tribal' character of the conception of people which it underpins enables a consideration of the populist rhetoric in the light of the biblical message and an approach to the populist way of understanding, recounting and living identity in post-democractic societies in a 'religious' and, above all, prophetic manner of representing and understanding the dynamics of the construction of identity on the part of the 'people of God' which is spoken of in the Scriptures. The unexhausted fight against the fetishes set to protect an identity of a people monolitically conceived, disrespectful of otherness and intolerant of difference and plurality, in fact characterises the prophetic re-reading of the process of identity construction of the people of God in the One and the Other Testament and traces a path in which it is possible to integrate oneself to think, recount and realise a fraternal and inclusive construction of human society, truly productive for individuals and for communities. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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