Spaces of Modern Theology: Geography and Power in Schleiermacher's World

As stories of borders, territorial disputes, and migration have escalated in recent years, so too space has emerged as a critical concept in theoretical literature. This book explores the imagination of space at the dawn of modern, liberal theology in the writings of Friedrich Schleiermacher. Schleiermacher wrote against the backdrop of expanding European colonialism and nationalism, providing a powerful ethics of space for a rapidly shrinking planet. Selectively appropriated, Schleiermacher's spaces of modern theology can be a valuable contribution to contemporary attempts to theorize the importance of space and place in human geographies.

Author: Graham Ward, S. Jungkeit
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/31/2012
Pages: 244
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781137269010

About the Author
Foreword by Graham Ward: Graham Ward is Professor in Contextual Theology and Ethics at the University of Manchester