Political Theologies and Development in Asia - Transcendence, Sacrifice, and Aspiration

Informationen zum Autor Giuseppe Bolotta Assistant Professor (Research) in Anthropology at the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University Philip Fountain is a Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at Victoria University of Wellington R. Michael Feener is Professor at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Kyoto University, and an Associate Member of the History Faculty at the University of Oxford Klappentext A timely reassessment of the critical potential for political theology, this volume expands beyond the tendency to focus on the (post-)Christian West to open new lines of investigation. Through detailed empirical studies of development in Asia the chapters cast new light on the entanglements between religion and politics in this diverse region. Zusammenfassung A timely reassessment of the critical potential for political theology! this volume expands beyond the tendency to focus on the (post-)Christian West to open new lines of investigation. Through detailed empirical studies of development in Asia the chapters cast new light on the entanglements between religion and politics in this diverse region. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Transcendence, sacrifice, and aspiration: The political theology of development in Asia - Giuseppe Bolotta, Philip Fountain & R. Michael Feener2 East of Westphalia: Shaping the body-politic via institutional charisma - Armando Salvatore 3 The yogic ethic and the spirit of development - Sunila S. Kale & Christian Lee Novetzke 4 Managing Karbala: Genealogies of Shia humanitarianism in Pakistan, England and Iraq - Till Mostowlansky5 From blood, cast in cement: Materialising the political in Thailand - Eli Elinoff6 The theopolitics of Art: Qur'anic objects and their publics in Indonesia - Kenneth M. George7 Embodying the late King: Buddhist salvation and the sacrifice of sovereignty at a Bangkok mall - Edoardo Siani8 Being alone: The political theology of the development citizen - Sam HanIndex...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Giuseppe Fountain Bolotta
• Con la collaborazione di: Giuseppe Bolotta (Editore), Michael Feener (Editore), R. Michael Feener (Editore), R. Michael (Sultan of Oman Fellow Feener (Editore), Feener R. Michael (Editore), Philip Fountain (Editore), Philip (Senior Lecturer Fountain (Editore), Fountain Philip (Editore)
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781526149404
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-4940-4
• Pagine: 192
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Asia, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Religion & politics, Religion and Politics, Development Studies