Cities on the plains
Subtitle: divinity and strength
By: by Char Roone Miller.
Publisher: Palgrave-Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780230613553
Subjects: Religion and politics -- History; Religion and politics -- United States; Political culture -- United States
Description: Theological concepts continue to maintain political concepts well after those theological concepts are no longer supported by belief. Cities on the Plains examines some of these concepts in the light of five different times and places. It is both a response to theological concerns in contemporary political theory and broadly accessible examination of familiar political issues touched by the divine - such as gay marriage, 911, or the French tradition of laicite. Concerns of difference and the divine are pursued through broadly familiar texts (the Bible, and Gore Vidal), significant texts of political theory (Plato and Augustine), and less common texts (Averroes). Gods, or the intellectual territory they used to occupy, are treated as important features of the political; contesting with these gods can help us visit, defend, and desire, (to paraphrase Deleuze and Guatarri) new cities and new peoples.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.