num_pages: 117
description: And never the twain shall meet: Kiplings famous line might well describe current conventional wisdom on the relationship between church and state. To political bodies skeptical of the virtues of religion and to religious communities suspicious of the tolerance of government a harmoniouslet alone symbioticassociation seems the stuff of either utopia or dystopian dreams. In the face of these apprehensions Jean Danilou asserts that mans social nature and religious nature are interdependent. As a result the essence of civilization [is] to allow man to reach his full development and that this development applies also to the religious dimension. Thus religionspecifically prayermust be a constitutive element of society.As timely now as when first published in 1967 Prayer as a Political Problem is an indispensable manual for all at work in improving and sanctifying the secular order even as they await in hope the coming of the Kingdom of Heaven.
language: English
title: Prayer as a Political Problem
publisher: Cluny Media, LLC