Prophets versus Religiocrats

If the enduring takeaway from R. Scoot Appleby’s important book Ambivalence of the Sacred is that religion can be good and bad, it is unfortunately a diminished lesson. This binary misses the more robust potential of Appleby’s legacy, which encompasses peace studies, policy, the global engagement wi...

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Subtitles:Symposium: Essays in Honor of R. Scott Appleby
Main Author: Omer, Atalia ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2020]
In: The review of faith & international affairs
Year: 2020, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 115-118
IxTheo Classification:AA Study of religion
AX Inter-religious relations
NCD Political ethics
Further subjects:B religion and violence
B religion and peacebuilding
B Fundamentalism
B religion and neoliberalism
B Religious Literacy
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:If the enduring takeaway from R. Scoot Appleby’s important book Ambivalence of the Sacred is that religion can be good and bad, it is unfortunately a diminished lesson. This binary misses the more robust potential of Appleby’s legacy, which encompasses peace studies, policy, the global engagement with religion, and development theory. The bureaucratization of religion and the emergence of a sphere of “religiocrats” point to a failure to appreciate Appleby’s engagement with prophetic religiosity and religious action. Revisiting the theoretical foundations of Appleby illuminates this potential for expanding the scope of theory and practice of religion and global politics.
ISSN:1931-7743
Contains:Enthalten in: The review of faith & international affairs
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/15570274.2020.1753961