Political Worship

Download or read book Political Worship written by Bernd Wannenwetsch and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2004 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do Christian ethics begin? This pioneering study explores the grammar of the Christian life, as it is embodied and learned in worship as the formative experience of the 'fellow citizens of God's people'. The book presents the first in-depth theological investigation of the phenomenon of 'political worship', by exposing the political nature of worship and the worship dimension of politics. In a careful analysis of biblical and traditional conceptions of worship, Wannenwetsch demonstrates how the genuine political character of worship neutralizes attempts to politicize or de-politicize it. I.