Christianity and Politics A Brief Guide to the History

Name: Christianity and Politics A Brief Guide to the History
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ISBN: 9781556352423

ISBN-10: 1556352425

ISBN-13: 9781556352423

Edition: N/A

Authors: C. C. Pecknold

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It is not simply for rhetorical flourish that politicians so regularly invoke God's blessings on the country. It is because the relatively new form of power we call the nation-state arose out of a Western political imagination steeped in Christianity. In this brief guide to the history of Christianity and politics, Pecknold shows how early Christianity reshaped the Western political imagination with its new theological claims about eschatological time, participation, and communion with God and neighbor. The ancient view of the Church as the mystical body of Christ is singled out in particular as the author traces shifts in its use and meaning throughout the early, medieval, and modern…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date: 8/6/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 196
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English