The kingdom and the glory for a theological genealogy of economy and government
Why has power in the West assumed the form of an "economy," that is, of a government of men and things? If power is essentially government, why does it need glory, that is, the ceremonial and liturgical apparatus that has always accompanied it?In the early centuries of the Church, in order...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford University Press
2011.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Meridian, crossing aesthetics. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31167366*spi |
| Sumario: | Why has power in the West assumed the form of an "economy," that is, of a government of men and things? If power is essentially government, why does it need glory, that is, the ceremonial and liturgical apparatus that has always accompanied it?In the early centuries of the Church, in order to reconcile monotheism with God's threefold nature, the doctrine of Trinity was introduced in the guise of an economy of divine life. It was as if the Trinity amounted to nothing more than a problem of managing and governing the heavenly house and the world. Agamben shows that, when combined with the idea o. |
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| Notas: | "Originally published in Italian under the title Il Regno e la Gloria." |
| Descripción Física: | xiii, 303 p. |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [291]-303). |
| ISBN: | 9780804781664 |
