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God and International Relations

Christian Theology and World Politics

by Mika Luoma-Aho

  • Hardback
  • 192 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm

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For scholars exploring faith in world politics

Challenges secular views in international relations

You will gain insights into theology's impact on politics

This book critiques secular international relations through a Christian theological lens.

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A critique of secular international relations from the perspective of Carl Schmitt's political theology, this book examines the relations between IR and Christian theology. Religion is prevalent in world politics today, and international relation theory is at pains to understand and explain this phenomenon. This unique study aims to introduce political theology as an appropriate tool to the study of international relations. In accordance with the political theology of Carl Schmitt, which states that modern political concepts are secularized theological concepts, the work questions the "secular" foundations of contemporary international relations theory. Thus it reveals the Christian foundations of the discipline of international relations and delivers a critique of some of its most fundamental theoretical elements, such as its secular view of religion as part of the "irrational", its deification of the political form of the nation state, and its negation of theism in its understanding of responsibility in world politics. The result is a primer on how international relations and its studies have grown out of the political imagination of Christian theology.It will appeal to anyone interested in critical approaches to the field as well as in politics and religion, political theory, and political theology.
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  • Author

    Mika Luoma-Aho

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Continuum

  • Published

    March 2012

  • Weight

    432g

  • Page Count

    192

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9781441138668

  • ISBN-10

    1441138668

  • Eden Code

    4029980

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