Politics & apocalypse

by Hamerton-Kelly, Robert

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Title Statements

Full title :Politics & apocalypse / Robert Hamerton-Kelly, editor.

Summary

"Apocalypse. To most, the word signifies destruction, death, the end of the world. But the literal definition is "revelation" or "unveiling," the basis from which renowned theologian Rene Girard builds his own view of Biblical apocalypse. Properly understood, Girard explains, Biblical apocalypse has nothing to do with a wrathful or vengeful God punishing his unworthy children, and everything to do with a foretelling of what future humans are making for themselves now that they have devised the instruments of global self-destruction. In this volume, some of the major thinkers about the interpenetration of politics and religion - including Eric Voegelin, Leo Strauss, and Carl Schmitt - are scrutinized by some of todays most qualified scholars, all of whom are thoroughly versed in Girard's work."--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2007.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Michigan State University Press
Place of Publication:East Lansing, Mich
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2007.

The Physical Object

Description:266 pages ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780870138119, 0870138111
oclc:ocn156819010
LC Classification:BL503
Dewey Decimal:901

The Evangelical subversion of myth / Rene Girard -- "Denial of the Apocalypse" versus "Fascination with the Final Days": current theological discussion of apocalyptic thinking in the perspective of mimetic theory / Jozef Niewiadomski -- Carl Schmitt's "Apocalyptic" resistance against global civil war / Wolfgang Palaver -- Philosophy, history, and apocalypse in Voegelin, Strauss, and Girard / Fred Lawrence -- Modernity and the Jewish question: what Leo Strauss learned from Nietzsche / John Ranieri -- The Straussian moment / Petter Thiel -- Understanding in quest of faith: the central problem in Eric Voegelin's philosophy / Stefan Rossbach.

Subjects

11 September 2001 11 september-attackerna 2001 Einde der tijden End of the world Fin du monde Godsdienst Histoire -- Aspect religieux History -- Religious aspects politiek Politik RELIGION Religion and politics Religion et politique