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Crediting God [electronic resource] : sovereignty and religion in the age of global capitalism / edited by Miguel Vatter.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and politics--Congresses.
- Religion and politics.
- Globalization--Religious aspects--Congresses.
- Globalization.
- Capitalism--Religious aspects--Congresses.
- Capitalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (384 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- The essays in this book shed interdisciplinary and multicultural light on a hypothesis that helps to account for such an unexpected convergence of enlightenment and religion in our times: Religion has re-entered the public sphere because it puts into question the relation between God and the concept of political sovereignty.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Religion and polity-building
- pt. 2. The end of the saeculum and global capitalism
- pt. 3. Questioning sovereignty : law and justice
- pt. 4. The religion of democracy : Tocqueville beyond civil religion.
- Notes:
- Based on a conference held in May 2005 at Northwestern University.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-8232-3321-9
- OCLC:
- 703548384
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