LAW AND FAITH IN ANCIENT ISRAEL AND IN MODERN DEMOCRATIC STATEHOOD AS SEARCH FOR SOCIO-POLITICAL WELLBEING

In this contribution, the argument pits two cultural reflexes against one another. In modern democracies, religion is removed from the socio-political sphere; in ancient Israel, religion was inserted into the socio-political sphere. In both cases, the intention was the same: the socio-political well...

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Main Author: Lombaard, Christo 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Univ. 2021
In: Scriptura
Year: 2021, Volume: 120, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-19
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Relativity / Culture / Freedom / Law / Faith / Sacralization / Secularization
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
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Summary:In this contribution, the argument pits two cultural reflexes against one another. In modern democracies, religion is removed from the socio-political sphere; in ancient Israel, religion was inserted into the socio-political sphere. In both cases, the intention was the same: the socio-political wellbeing of the citizenry. Such a cultural comparison puts to question the false assumption in modern democracies, that a public sphere emptied of religion constitutes greater freedom.
ISSN:2305-445X
Contains:Enthalten in: Scriptura
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.7833/120-1-1992