The law of God
Subtitle: exploring God and civilization
By: edited by Pieter Vos and Onno Zijlstra
Series: Studies in Reformed Theology -- 28; Studies in Reformed theology -- 28.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9789004281837; 9789004281844
Subjects: Religion and civilization; God; Glaube; Gesetz; Zivilisation; Zivilgesellschaft; Religion; Gott
Description: In today's society, a positive relation between 'God' and 'civilization' is by no means self-evident. Religious believers who want to live their lives in accordance with 'the law of God' are often considered a threat to civilization. To many, monotheistic religion is inherently repressive and violent. The central aim of this volume is to think of both God and civilization in a more open, space-giving way. God is seen as the One who prevents us from making an absolute claim for a relative reality, including our own religion and culture. The multifaceted relations between God and civilization are explored from systematic-theological, missiological, philosophical and ethical perspectives.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Law of God in a Secular State : Claiming Space in the Public Domain / Gé Speelman; title: - Multiculturalism, Religion and Public Justice / Jonathan Chaplin; title: The Natural Law and Liberal Traditions : Heritage (and Hope?) of Western Civilization / David VanDrunen; title: The Empire and the Desert : Eastern Orthodox Theologians about Church and Civilization / Alfons Brüning; title: Whose Civilization is Europe Today? : Encounters between Hungarian Reformed Faith and Secular Worldviews / Ábrahám Kovács; title: The Aniconic God in Isaiah 43:10 and the Contemporary Discourse on Monotheism / Emanuel Gerrit Singgih; title: Is Christ Among Us? : Mystical Christology from the Perspective of Pseudo-Dionysius and Taoism / Jaeseung Cha; title: A Violent God? : Philosophical Reflections on Monotheism and Genesis 22 / Renée van Riessen; title: The Irreducibility of Religious Faith : Kierkegaard on Civilization and the Aqedah / Pieter Vos; title: Civic Integration : A Mission to Civilize Religious Believers? / Mechteld Jansen; title: Prophecy and Democracy? : Some Arguments in Favor of Prophetic Discourse in Civilizing Democratic Societies / Nico Koopman; title: Mapping the Christian Character : Calvin and Schleiermacher on Virtue, Law and Sanctification / Heleen Zorgdrager; title: In Defense of Authenticity : On Art, Religion and the Authentic Self / Onno Zijlstra; title: Religious Transformations within Modernity : Religion and the Modern Discourse about Human Dignity and Human Rights / Wilhelm Gräb.