Divine Democracy

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Divine Democracy is written by Miguel Vatter and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 019094238X (ISBN 10) and 9780190942380 (ISBN 13).

Why has religion become such a politically contested issue in the late 20th century? In liberal democracies the state is meant to be neutral towards religious beliefs and rituals of its citizens; the legal system is supposed to decide about guilt or innocence without religious prejudice. Political theology is a discourse developed during the 20th century that questions these widely held assumptions. It studies how political and legal concepts were derived from theological ones, dissolving the connection between the public sphere and secularism, and bringing religion out from the private sphere and into democratic life. This book examines to what extent contemporary democracy rests on theological assumptions.