Religion, Authority, and the State: From Constantine to the Contemporary World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781137599896)

Foreword; His Holiness, Orthodox Patriarch of Serbia IrinejIntroduction; Leo D. Lefebure
Part I: International Perspectives
1. Specters of a New Ecumenism: In Search of a Church 'Out of Joint'; Dale Irvin2. Religion and the State: Contexts, Controversies, and Conjectures in Australia, Indonesia and Egypt; Patricia MadiganPart II: Asia and Africa
3. A Postcolonial Theological Reading of the Philippines: Church-State Relation and a Familia Dei Response; Pascal Bazzell4. Diagnosing the Politics of Christian-Muslim Conflicts in the West African Sub-Region: Going beyond the Western Paradigm; Chukwumamkpam Vincent Ifeme5. Islamic Extremism in West Africa: A Historical and Theological Reading of the Religious Conflicts between Muslims and Non-Muslims in the West African Sub-Region; Ikenna Okafor

Part III: United States of America
6. The Reign of God and Constantine's Disputed Legacy: Religious Freedom, Sacred Empire, and the American Experience; Leo D. Lefebure7. The U.S. Bishops' Campaign for Religious Freedom during the 2012 Presidential Election Year: A Critical Analysis; Dennis M. Doyle
Part IV: Europe
8. Confessional Belonging and National Identity: A Case-study of Serbia, Croatia and Germany; Vladimir Latinovic9. Sobornost', State Authority, and Christian Society in Slavophile Political Authority; Nathaniel Wood10. Church and State in England: A Fragile Establishment; Mark Chapman11. Religion and the Rising: Patrick Pearse and Easter 1916; Gerard Mannion


Author: Leo D. Lefebure
ISBN-10: 1137599898
ISBN-13: 9781137599896
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 07/27/2016
Pages: 250
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.66h x 6.07w x 0.80d