Manifesto of the critical theory of society and religion : the wholly other, liberation, happiness and the rescue of the hopeless /

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Author / Creator:	Siebert, Rudolf J., 1927-
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (3 volumes (xix, 1843 pages))
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in critical social sciences, 1573-4234 ; v. 20 Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 20.
Subject:	Religion -- Philosophy. Frankfurt school of sociology. Frankfurt school of sociology. Religion -- Philosophy. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11161524

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ISBN:	9789004191259 9004191259 9789004184367 9004184368 1283852497 9781283852494
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 1577-1692) and indexes. English. Print version record.
Summary:	The Manifesto develops further the Critical Theory of Religion intrinsic to the Critical Theory of Society of the Frankfurt School into a new paradigm of the Psychology, Sociology, Philosophy and Theology of Religion. Its central theme is the theodicy problem. The Manifesto approaches this theme in the framework of comparative religion and critical political theology in a narrative and discursive fashion. In search of a solution to the theodicy problem, the Manifesto explores, trends in civil society toward Alternative Future I (the Totally Administered Society), Alternative Future II (the Militarized Society), and Alternative Future III (the Reconciled Society) in the horizon of the longing for the Wholly Other as perfect justice and unconditional love. Toward that goal it relies on both the critical theory of society as developed by Max Horkheimer, Ernst Bloch, Walter Benjamin, Theodor W. Adorno, and others, and on the new political theology of Johannes B. Metz, Helmut Peukert, and Edmund Arens.
Other form:	Print version: Siebert, Rudolf J., 1927- Manifesto of the critical theory of society and religion. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 9789004191259
Standard no.:	10.1163/9789004191259.

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