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Die politische Aufgabe von Religion: Perspektiven der drei monotheistischen Religionen
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Abstract In this volume the authors study the three major monotheistic religions Judaism, Christianity and Islam to determine how they each approach their political roles. They discuss the relationship between religion and politics with a special emphasis: How and why do religions consider it normal to engag... view more
In this volume the authors study the three major monotheistic religions Judaism, Christianity and Islam to determine how they each approach their political roles. They discuss the relationship between religion and politics with a special emphasis: How and why do religions consider it normal to engage in political activities? What is the logic behind their aspiration to take on "political tasks"? The contributions consider the political self-image of these religions and compare them to external perception thereof from a nonreligious perspective.... view less
Keywords
religion; monotheism; Judaism; Christianity; Islam; theology; political action; national state-church; church policy; religious policy
Classification
Sociology of Religion
Social History, Historical Social Research
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
Document language
German
Publication Year
2011
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
City
Göttingen
Page/Pages
433 p.
Series
Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte Mainz, Beihefte, 87
DOI
https://doi.org/10.13109/9783666101137
ISSN
2197-1048
ISBN
978-3-666-10113-7
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0