LAW AND FAITH IN ANCIENT ISRAEL AND IN MODERN DEMOCRATIC STATEHOOD AS SEARCH FOR SOCIO-POLITICAL WELLBEING
In this contribution, the argument pits two cultural reflexes against one another. In modern democracies, religion is removed from the socio-political sphere; in ancient Israel, religion was inserted into the socio-political sphere. In both cases, the intention was the same: the socio-political well...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Univ.
2021
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Scriptura
Year: 2021, Volume: 120, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-19 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Relativity
/ Culture
/ Freedom
/ Law
/ Faith
/ Sacralization
/ Secularization
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RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion |
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Summary: | In this contribution, the argument pits two cultural reflexes against one another. In modern democracies, religion is removed from the socio-political sphere; in ancient Israel, religion was inserted into the socio-political sphere. In both cases, the intention was the same: the socio-political wellbeing of the citizenry. Such a cultural comparison puts to question the false assumption in modern democracies, that a public sphere emptied of religion constitutes greater freedom. |
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ISSN: | 2305-445X |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Scriptura
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.7833/120-1-1992 |