Against empire: ekklesial resistance and the politics of radical democracy
Against Empire analyzes the relationship between Christian theology and radical democracy by exploring how black prophetic thought, feminist theology, Latin American liberation theology, and peaceable theology offer plural forms of ekklesial resistance to empire: the black church (Cornel West), the...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Eugene, Oregon
Cascade Books
[2020]
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Eggemeier, Matthew T., Against empire] (2022) (Robbins, Jeffrey W., 1972 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Theopolitical visions
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| Further subjects: | B
Democracy
Religious aspects
Christianity
B Christianity and politics B United States B Christianity and politics (United States) B Democracy ; Religious aspects ; Christianity |
| Summary: | Against Empire analyzes the relationship between Christian theology and radical democracy by exploring how black prophetic thought, feminist theology, Latin American liberation theology, and peaceable theology offer plural forms of ekklesial resistance to empire: the black church (Cornel West), the ekklesia of wo/men (Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza), the church of the poor (Ignacio Ellacuría, Jon Sobrino), and the peaceable church (Stanley Hauerwas). These approaches to Christian political engagement differ in their specific focus but share common resistance to neoliberalism, nationalism, and militarism as networks of power that intersect with racism, sexism, and neo-colonialism to form what they refer to as empire. In diverse ways, West, Schüssler Fiorenza, Ellacuría and Sobrino, and Hauerwas reimagine Christian witness as a form of radical democratic resistance to empire in the face of political formations that not only block the expansion of democracy (neoliberal-neoconservative hegemony) but also attempt to retrench its achievements (authoritarian populism) |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-191) and index |
| ISBN: | 1532657862 |