The Politics of God

How is it that the same Christian beliefs can be used both to bolster an oppressive regime and rally opposition to it? Are there any norms intrinsic to Christian belief that dictate its political import?Delving into the complex aspects of Christian beliefs in their historical, theological, and social diversity, Tanner here offers a rigorous and sustained analysis of the relations of belief to attitudes and action. She centers her analysis on God and Creation and brings a much-needed clarity to notions of hierarchy, transcendence, dualism, and oppression. She constructs a typology of how doctrines can relate to each other, to social systems, and to ethical behavior.

In arguing that Christian beliefs about God and the world can be disengaged from complicity with social forces of reaction and oppression, Tanner discloses the radical potential of Christian beliefs and realigns them with efforts to bring about a just society.

Author: Kathryn Tanner
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 09/01/1992
Pages: 276
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.49h x 5.54w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9780800626136

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/01/1993

About the Author
Tanner, Kathryn: -

Kathryn Tanner is Dorothy Grant Maclear Professor of Theology at the Divinity School, University of Chicago, and author of The Politics of God (1992), Theories of Culture (1997), and Jesus, Humanity, and the Trinity (2001), all from Fortress Press.

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