Deity and Domination: Images of God and the State in the 19th and 20th Centuries

by David Nicholls

Book Overview

Religion and politics are necessarily related', declared Ronald Reagan, while addressing an ecumenical prayer breakfast of 17,000 people in Dallas. But how are they connected? Many popular images of God - King, Lord, and Judge - are essentially political, while concepts of might, majesty, dominion, and power are used of both God and the state.
This ambitious and original work explores the relations between these images and their political context...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041501171X
• ISBN13: 9780415011716
• Release Date: May 1989
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"