Political worship /

Wannenwetsch, Bernd, 1959-

Political worship / Bernd Wannenwetsch ; translated by Margaret Kohl. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009, c2004. - xiii, 402 p. ; 22 cm. - Oxford studies in theological ethics . - Oxford studies in theological ethics. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-377) and indexes.

Introduction: Beyond communitarianism and liberalism -- pt. 1. Worship as the beginning of Christian ethics. Political worship : overcoming the functional approach ... -- Worship as a form of life -- Absorptions -- Worship and ethics : their traditional correlation -- pt. 2. Worship as the critical power of Christian ethics. A. Worship as the praxis of reconciliation. The political dimension of the church, modern and postmodern -- The surmounting of political antinomies -- The total claim of society -- B. Worship identity in (post)modern society. The worshipping congregation as a true public -- pt. 3. Worship as formative power for Christian ethics. A. Hearing in community : the political power of the Word. Trust in the Word : unlearning the hermeneutics of suspicion -- Consensus and forgiveness -- Homiletics as political propaedeutics -- The transposing power of Spirit -- Celebrating from his works : Sabbath.

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Worship.
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BV 15 / .W3413 2009