Die politische Aufgabe von Religion
Perspektiven der drei monotheistischen Religionen
Yehoyada Amir, Judith Becker, Dominik Burkard, Irene Dingel, Michael Droege, Erich Geldbach, Steffen Hagemann, Friedhelm Hengsbach, Andreas Lehnardt, Volker Leppin, Andreas Liese, Hans Maier, Vasilios N. Makrides, Karl Pinggéra, Lutz Richter-Bernburg, John D Roth, Raja Sakrani, Tonia Schüller, Günter Thomas, Christiane Tietz, Markus Weingardt, Aysun Yasar-Cebeci
In this volume the authors study the three major monotheistic religions Judaism, Christianity and Islam to determine how they each approach their political roles. They discuss the relationship between religion and politics with a special emphasis: How and why do religions consider it normal to engage in political activities? What is the logic behind their aspiration to take on “political tasks”? The contributions consider the political self-image of these religions and compare them to external perception thereof from a nonreligious perspective.