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Jayne Svenungsson

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The Visionary Potential of the Biblical Legacy

Author

  • Jayne Svenungsson

Editor

  • Kurt Almqvist
  • Alexander Linklater

Summary, in English

The article gives a brief overview of the debates over the political value of the biblical legacy and raises the question as to whether this legacy may in fact offer constructive impulses to contemporary political thought.

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

297-306

Publication/Series

Religion : perspectives from the Engelsberg seminar 2014

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation

Topic

  • Religious Studies
  • Philosophy

Keywords

  • The biblical legacy
  • politics
  • ideology
  • utopianism
  • justice
  • universalism
  • particularism

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-91-89672-73-4