Paul Kahn’s task, he says, is to describe and interpret, rather than demystify, America’s political theology. That political theology, he argues, has contributed to making America an irresponsible, at times bellicose and dangerous, superpower. Yet, in Kahn’s opinion, religious faith and “secularized” deposits of religion are so deeply interwoven with nationalism, law, and foreign policy in the American social imaginary that the only alternative, he indicates, is to manipulate the existing political theology, as he defines it, to achieve more desirable goals.
Posts Tagged ‘political religion’
August 16th, 2011
Is sovereignty necessarily theological?
posted by Jason StevensTags: Carl Schmitt, Charles Taylor, Hans Blumenberg, Paul W. Kahn, political religion, political theology, social imaginary
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