Beyond the Spirit of Empire: Theology and Politics in a New Key

by Joerg Rieger

Book Overview

In Beyond the Spirit of Empire, the authors analyze the global empire not only in its political and economic dimensions, but also in its symbolic constructions of power and in its general assumptions often taken for granted. How does empire mould human subjectivity, for instance, and how does it affect the understanding of humans within the whole of creation? What are the religious dimensions of empire, its claims to divine attributes like omniscience,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0334043220
• ISBN13: 9780334043225
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: SCM Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"