The Pragmatist Question of Sovereignty
In Democracy and Tradition, Jeffrey Stout asks Christian political theologians if they can discern God's activity in modern democratic cultures. In so doing they might "acknowledge the sovereignty of God while transcending both resentment of, and absorption into, the secular." As Stou...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2019]
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Political theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 139-156 |
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Stout, Jeffrey 1950-
/ Scholem, Gershom 1897-1982
/ Quṭb, Saiyid 1906-1966
/ God
/ Rule
/ Pragmatism
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BH Judaism BJ Islam CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations CG Christianity and Politics NBC Doctrine of God |
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Comparative Theology
B Karl Barth B Jeffrey Stout B Pragmatism B Sayyid Qutb B Gershom Scholem |
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| Summary: | In Democracy and Tradition, Jeffrey Stout asks Christian political theologians if they can discern God's activity in modern democratic cultures. In so doing they might "acknowledge the sovereignty of God while transcending both resentment of, and absorption into, the secular." As Stout recognizes, the question of sovereignty is relevant not only to Christian, but also Jewish and Islamic thought. However, interreligious comparisons remain undeveloped in his work. In response, the following essay coordinates Stout's pragmatism with developments in comparative theology. It then evaluates both the Jewish messianism of Gershom Scholem alongside Islamic sovereignty (hakimayyah) in the thought of Sayyid Qutb. While their viewpoints differ in considerable respects, they nonetheless provide key test cases for Stout's questions concerning divine sovereignty. In sum, the paper opens new avenues for religious deliberations in democratic traditions. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2018.1559006 |