Migrations of the Holy

by Cavanaugh, William T.

• ISBN13: 9780802866097
• ISBN10: 0802866093
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-10
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

Whether one thinks that ôreligionö continues to fade or has made a comeback in the contemporary world, there is a common notion that ôreligionö went away some-where, at least in the West. Yet William Cavanaugh argues that religious fervor never left-it has only migrated toward a new object of worship. In Migrations of the Holy he examines the disconcerting modern transfer of sacred devotion from the church to the nation-state.

Author Biography

William T. Cavanaugh is senior research professor at the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology and professor of Catholic studies at DePaul University. His other books include The Myth of Religious Violence: Secular Ideology and the Roots of Modern Conflict and Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
ôKilling for the Telephone Companyö: Why the Nation-State Is Not the Keeper of the Common Good	p. 7
From One City to Two: Christian Reimagining of Political Space	p. 46
Migrant, Tourist, Pilgrim, Monk: Identity and Mobility in a Global Age	p. 69
Messianic Nation: A Christian Theological Critique of American Exceptionalism	p. 88
How to Do Penance for the Inquisition	p. 109
The Liturgies of Church and State	p. 115
The Church as Political	p. 123
The Sinfulness and Visibility of the Church: A Christological Exploration	p. 141
A Politics of Vulnerability	p. 170
Index	p. 196
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