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.