Religion Power Politics
Konrad Raiser
Translated from the German by Stephen Brown
Specs: 176 pp.; 6 x 9”; paper; perfect; 4-color cover
ISBN: 978-2-8254-1599-3
Price: CHF 20.00; £12.00; €12.00; $20.00
Publication Date: January 2014
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Is there a positive role for religion in the human future?
“The expectations that economic leaders and politicians have of religions and their leaders as guardians of the moral and ethical traditions of humanity, and of their ability to mediate in the current situations of conflict, requires religions, and not least Christian churches, to engage in critical self-reflection about their action in the public space.” -- Konrad Raiser
Religion pervades today's headlines, yet not always in a positive way. Is there a positive role for religion in the human future?
Focusing on the global picture and on all religions, not least Christianity, in this book author Konrad Raiser closely probes the relationship between religion and politics in all its rich, promising, and sometimes deadly combinations.
As a Christian theologian with decades of international and interreligious experience, Raiser also wrestles in this enlightening book with the most contentious questions posed by the ambiguous status of religion in a post-secular world: religious violence, globalization, and fundamentalisms.
The Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, a theologian from Germany, is a former general secretary of the World Council of Churches and author of a host of works in the areas of political ethics and public theology, including For a Culture of Life: Transforming Globalization and Violence.
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