CONFORMITY, NONCONFORMITY, AND CRITICAL SOLIDARITY:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" CONFORMITY, NONCONFORMITY, AND CRITICAL SOLIDARITY: "
Johannes Nissen

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1077035
Doc. No	:	LA120664
Call No	:	‭10.1163/157338300X00271‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Johannes Nissen
Title & Author	:	CONFORMITY, NONCONFORMITY, AND CRITICAL SOLIDARITY: [Article] : The Church-State Issue and the Use of the Bible\ Johannes Nissen
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Mission Studies
Date	:	2000
Volume/ Issue Number	:	17/1
Page No	:	240–261
Abstract	:	"The focus of this article is on the church-state issue, particularly in relation to the use of the Bible. The article has three parts. The first introductory part identifies four contemporary challenges: the attitude of Christians toward asylum-seekers and refugees, the question of civil disobedience, the role of the church in nation-building and the problem of nationalism and identity. Then follows some notes on the question of definition and methodology. The way we define the "state" influences our selection of relevant biblical texts. Any use of the Bible must face the risk of "proof texting." The second part offers some historical comments on selected texts. This includes the traditional "state" texts as well as other texts that reveal a critical perspective on the power issue. The third part points at a number of hermeneutical problems: (1) diversity and unity in the New Testament; (2) various levels of authority; (3) selective Bible reading and the method of correlation; (4) three different ways of perceiving the church-state issue: assimilation, alienation and critical solidarity. Both formation and malformation can be the result of the encounter of the churches with the public world. The article concludes with some reflections on the search for a just society in the biblical tradition."
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	History of Religion
Descriptor	:	Religion Society
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Descriptor	:	Theology and World Christianity
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/157338300X00271‬