The spirit of populism: political theologies in polarized times

Introduction : political theology in the spirit of populism : methods and metaphors / Ulrich Schmiedel -- Anger : a secularized theological concept / Vincent Lloyd -- "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you" : populism, political theology, and the cu...

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Published in:Political and public theologies
Contributors: Schmiedel, Ulrich 1985- (Editor) ; Ralston, Joshua ca. 20./21. Jh. (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2022]
In: Political and public theologies (volume 1)
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Series/Journal:Political and public theologies volume 1
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Populism (United States)
B Populism (Europe)
B Political Theology (Great Britain)
B Political Theology (United STates)
B Populism Religious aspects
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Summary:Introduction : political theology in the spirit of populism : methods and metaphors / Ulrich Schmiedel -- Anger : a secularized theological concept / Vincent Lloyd -- "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you" : populism, political theology, and the culturally repugnant other / Thomas Lynch -- The politics of belonging in the nation state : reclaiming Christianity from populism / Mariëtta van der Tol -- America transcendent / Elizabeth Shakman Hurd -- Sacred scripts of populism : scripture-practices in the European far right / Hannah Strømmen -- Hermeneutics, politics, and liberalism in Islamic modernity : beyond populism / Fatima Tofighi -- "If I forget thee, o Jerusalem" : Zionism and the politics of collective memory / Brian Klugvi Contents -- Populism, Christianity, and the role of the theologian / Mattias Martinson -- From incarnation to identity : the theological background of national-populist politics in the western Balkans / Zoran Grozdanov -- Querying populism by queering Chantal Mouffe : understanding hetero-patriarchal populism / Ludger Viefhues-Bailey -- The persistence of white Christian patriarchy in a time of right-wing populism / Esther McIntosh -- The God of the Brexiteers / Lukas Meyer -- Discipling populism : a theopolitical alternative to denial or demonizing / Doug Gay -- A political theology of 'the people' : enlisting classical concepts for contemporary critique / Jonathan Chaplin -- Can Jewish ethics speak to sovereignty? / Julie E. Cooper -- Confessing Christ in 'Christian Europe' : the death of the church as a theological response to populism / Joseph Sverker -- The other in the ecclesial self : the church and the populist challenge / Sturla J. Stålsett -- The orthodox 'unorthodox' : from populism to pluralism / Ryszard Bobrowicz and Johanna Gustafsson Lundberg -- Conclusion : an invitation to comparative political theology / Joshua Ralston.
"Populism is a buzzword. This compilation explores the significance of religion for the controversies stirred up by populist politics in European and American contexts in order to understand what lies behind the buzz. Engaging Jewish, Christian, and Islamic political thought and theology, contributions by more than twenty established and emerging scholars explore right-wing and left-wing protests, offering critical interpretations and creative interventions for a polarized public square. Both methodologically and thematically, the compilation moves beyond essentialist definitions of religion, encouraging a comparative approach to political theology today"--
Item Description:Literaturangaben
ISBN:9004498311