The God You Have - Politics and the First Commandment

Informationen zum Autor Patrick D. Miller is Charles T. Haley Professor of Old Testament Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary and the author of two Fortress Press volumes: They Cried to the Lord: The Form and Theology of Biblical Prayer (1994) and Interpreting the Psalms (1986). Klappentext In this bracing call to serious thought, esteemed biblical theologian Patrick Miller looks to the First Commandment in the fight against the misappropriation of theological themes for political ends-''the coalescence of God and country, the takeover of the language of faith in the speech of politics, and the confusion of loyalty with obedience.'' Zusammenfassung Patrick Miller looks to the First Commandment in the fight against the misappropriation of theological themes for political ends.

Product details

• Authors: Miller, Patrick D Miller, Patrick D. Miller, Patrick D. Jr. Miller
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2004
• EAN: 9780800636623
• ISBN: 978-0-8006-3662-3
• No. of pages: 84
• Dimensions: 114 mm x 171 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Facets; Facets
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works