{"product_id":"theo-politics-conversing-with-barth-in-western-and-asian-contexts-9781978710054","title":"Theo-Politics?: Conversing with Barth in Western","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing the theological work of Karl Barth as a resource for present-day inquiry, the contributors in this volume discuss the complex interconnections between the religious and the political designated by the term theo-politics. Speaking from various political and cultural contexts (Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the People’s Republic of China) and different disciplinary perspectives (Protestant Theology, Political Sciences, and Sociology), the contributors address contemporary challenges in relating the religious and the political in Western and Asian societies. Topics analyzed include the impact of diverse cultural backgrounds on given theo-political arrangements, theological assessments of political power, the political significance of individual and communal Christian existence and the place of Christian communities in civil societies. In their nuanced discussions of these topics, the contributors neither advocate for a privatized, apolitical understanding of the Christian faith nor for a religious politics seeking to overcome modern processes of differentiation and secularization. Critically engaging Barth’s theology, they examine the Christian responsibility in and for the political sphere and reflect on the practice of such responsibility in Western and Asian contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMay Karl Barth have something of value to say on theo-political themes today, more than half a century after his death, not just in the West, but also in Asia? The present volume provides robust, multifaceted and interdisciplinary answers to this question. Some of the authors point out Barth’s radical rejection of political ideologies and all forms of absolutizations, his emphasis on contingency and ambiguity in human affairs, or his denunciation of any withdrawal from the world. Others place his contribution in conversation with thinkers such as Carl Schmitt, Alexis de Tocqueville, or John Howard Yoder. Substantive theological conversations between Western and Asian scholars are urgently needed; this book is an excellent confirmation of the potential fruitfulness of such encounters\u003c\/p\u003e -- Christophe Chalamet, University of Geneva\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unique collection of essays examines the relationship between religion and politics from a fresh and compelling angle, applying Barth’s thought to this vital nexus in Asian, European, and North American contexts, past and present. Bringing together a stellar cast of scholars from across the globe, this volume amounts to a feast. Any reader interested in political theology, Christian ethics, the legacy of Karl Barth, or theology and Christianity in Asia will want to ruminate on and savor the rich and creative contributions in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Han-luen Kantzer Komline, Western Theological Seminary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume demonstrates in an excellent way several things: on the one hand, that Barth's theology can serve as an international basis for discussion across contexts; on the other hand, that Barth's theopolitical thinking can be applied to the grand international challenges of the present. Barth's theology, as a dialectical theology, is always dialogical in nature and as such enables us to think in a dialogical way that proves itself interculturally. It is anything but a monologue in heaven. The present volume provides evidence that Barth's theology, with its theopolitical orientation, powerfully stimulates intercultural conversation. Of which other theological school of the 20th century could the same be said?\u003c\/p\u003e -- Marco Hofheinz, University of Hannover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoing theology with context and understanding the context with theology are not mutually exclusive. Rather they can be seen as two sides of one coin. Or their reciprocal relationship may be a kind of asymmetrical. Theologians from various contexts, Western and Asian, through conversing with Karl Barth help us to understand more about not only Barth’s theology but also the contexts we are dwelling in. This is a timely publication in this highly uncertain political age.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Andres S. Tang, Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheo-Politics: Conversing with Barth in Western and Asian Contexts succeeds because it remembers (and reminds its readers) that all theology is contextual theology and that Europe is no longer the natural hegemonic center for Protestant thought. The volume treats an extraordinary range of topics from medical ethics to political psychology, from surveillance technology to globalization, and from church-state relations to sovereignty, critique, and citizenship, all while attending to particularities of place. This not only draws out the full and sometimes unexpected salience of Barth's work, it also pivots from Barth to show the distinct ways that theological ideas might rematerialize to disrupt and restructure global networks of power.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Michelle C. Sanchez, Harvard Divinity School\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a superb book that offers top-notch essays that have emerged from years of dialogue among both established and up-and-coming scholars on a timely and important topic. Theo-politics is as important now as ever and this book demonstrates what Karl Barth has to contribute to these conversations in surprising and unexpected ways. I recommend it as essential reading for Barth scholars and political theologians alike.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Tim Hartman, Columbia Theological Seminary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart One\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Christianity, Politics, and Culture: A Complex Relation in Western and Asian Contexts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.Religion, Politics, and Sino-Christian Theology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChloë Starr\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.Yes! Intercultural Existence Today\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolker Küster\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Recent Male Circumcision Controversies, Barth, and Infant Baptism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrace Y. Kao\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Caesarean Section between High-Tech Medicine and a Theology of Birth: Developing an “Ethics of the Middle Range” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin Wendte\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.The Ecclesiological Implications of the Political Attitude of the Chinese Authority toward Christianity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKim-kwong Chan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.The Power of the Religio-Poietic Complex in Politics: Karl Barth’s Strategies against the Nation Becoming Religiously Charged\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGünter Thomas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Two\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLegitimacy and Sovereignty: Political Power in Theological Perspective\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.Constitutional Theology: Karl Barth and Carl Schmitt on Legitimacy and the Rule of Law \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClifford B. Anderson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.A Tale of Two Sovereignties: Karl Barth and Carl Schmitt in Dialogue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevin Singh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.The Political Theology of the “Surveillance Society”: Lordless Powers, Drones, and the “Eye of God”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHanna Reichel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10.Sino Theology as Public Theology: The Reception of Karl Barth’s Theology and its Significance in the Chinese Context\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKenpa Chin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11.Karl Barth and the Righteousness of God: The Attributes of God in Political Context\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexander Massmann\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12.Religion, Democracy, and Globalization: Schmitt and Barth on the Chances of Global Democracy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOliver Hidalgo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Three\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristian Praxis and the Church: Political Dimensions of Christian Existence \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13.Neither Self-evident “Frame” nor Self-enclosed “Sect”: The Christian Church in Barth’s Political Ecclesiology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarkus Höfner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14.Democracy and Church: Barth and Yoder on Democratic Practice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKristopher Norris\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15.Training for a Serious Game: Theo-Political Deliberation as a Christian Practice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAngela Dienhart Hancock\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16.“Gleichnis wagen”: Karl Barth's Political Theology and Its Meaning for the Church-State Relationship in Mainland China Today\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXutong Qu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17.Religion, Politics, and the Christian Church in Germany: Perspectives from Sociology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGert Pickel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18.Karl Barth's The Christian Life and the Task of Political Theology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Dafydd Jones\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Four\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemocracy and Tradition: Christian Engagement in Civil Society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19.Religious Diversity, Democracy, and Public Theology: Conversing with Barth in a Hong Kong Context\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePan Chiu Lai\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20.American Democracy and Trinitarian Sovereignty: Lessons From Barth and Tocqueville\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Haddorff \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21.Public Theology and Christian Social Action in Hong Kong: From the Past to the Present\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKin Yip Louie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22.On Becoming a Citizen: Reading Barth in the Midst of Political Change\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Lee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23.Religion, Civil Society and Democracy: Insights from Political Science\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeffrey Haynes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24.Whatever Happened to the Social Gospel? Religion and Political Economy in the USA Today, and for the Future\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Mathewes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e25.Civil Societies and Biblical Value Systems in the West\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Welker\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043439870295,"sku":"9781978710054","price":107.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781978710054.jpg?v=1750958231","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/theo-politics-conversing-with-barth-in-western-and-asian-contexts-9781978710054","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}