Hewitt, S. orcid.org/0000-0003-2720-4428 (2024) Liberating God: Classical Theism and Political Spirituality. Agatheos: European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 1 (3). pp. 3-16. ISSN 2004-9331
Abstract
Accounts of spirituality are incomplete unless they take into account what I term political spirituality, the working out of religiously motivated political commitment. Working within the Christian tradition, I examine the interaction between political spirituality and God-concepts. My argument is that apophatic classical theism is better suited to underwriting political spirituality than are more recent non-classical doctrines of God. I lay out critiques of classical theism on the part of recent theologians and argue that, far from these critiques being decisive, there are positive reasons to favour apophatic classical theism for political reasons. I conclude by examining how the apophatic classical theist can engage with Marx’s critique of religion.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 Simon Hewitt. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | classical theism, apophaticism, political spirituality, doctrine of God, Marx |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 Nov 2024 10:50 |
Last Modified: | 07 Feb 2025 14:18 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Nordic Society for the Philosophy of Religion |
Identification Number: | 10.69574/aejpr.v1i3.29797 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:219439 |