Political Theology and the Conflicts of Democracy

"This richly textured book helps students and scholars of religion and politics to understand the surprising ways in which conflict and conciliation can renew grassroots democracy. It appraises contemporary discussions of democratic pluralism in religious and ethical theory while advancing a bold new account of conflict's religious significance"--

List of contents

Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Augustinianisms and liberalisms: political theology and the problem of difference; 2. Radical democracy and agonistic theology; 3. Being in conflict: a political-theological anthropology; 4. Judging in conflict: agonistic political community; 5. Loving in conflict: theological agonistics; Epilogue: agonistic democracy in neoliberal times; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Nicholas Norman-Krause is Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics at Belmont University.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Norman-Krause, Nicholas (Belmont University) Norman-Krause
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2025
• EAN: 9781009603843
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0960384-3
• No. of pages: 373
• Series: New Cambridge Studies in Religion and Critical Thought
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION / Ethics, RELIGION / Theology, Theology, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Religious ethics, Religion and Politics, Political science and theory, Relating to Christian people and groups, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State