The Kingdom and the Glory: For a Theological Genealogy of Economy and Government

by Giorgio Agamben

Book Overview

Why has power in the West assumed the form of an "economy," that is, of a government of men and things? If power is essentially government, why does it need glory, that is, the ceremonial and liturgical apparatus that has always accompanied it?

In the early centuries of the Church, in order to reconcile monotheism with God's threefold nature, the doctrine of Trinity was introduced in the guise of an economy of divine life. It was as if the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804760160
• ISBN13: 9780804760164
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"