Faith and Politics in Iran, Israel, and Islamic State

Faith and Politics in Iran, Israel, and Islamic State Theologies of the Real

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Publisher's Synopsis

Religious faith has been gaining in reach and influence throughout global politics over the last three decades, most prominently in the Middle East, and theologies of this nature are based on the understanding that faith in God is to be based, primarily and predominantly, on the realness of God's presence. The West, accustomed to its own discussion on religion and politics emphasising democracy and individual freedoms, has been at a loss to explain and engage these rising religious polities. Through an innovative approach to the role of faith in politics, Faith and Politics in Iran, Israel, and the Islamic State considers political theologies of the real formulated during the twentieth century and proposes that, while religion in the West has been committed to absolutist vision, these theologies have drawn their strength from a commitment to their concrete, divinely infused reality.

Book information

ISBN: 9781107115675
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 297.2720955
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 206
Weight: 420g
Height: 235mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 16mm