Both religion and anarchism have been increasingly politically active of late. This edited volume presents twelve chapters of fresh scholarship on diverse facets of the area where they meet: religious anarchism. The book is structured along three themes: * early Christian anarchist pioneers, including Pelagius, Coppe, Hungarian Nazarenes, and Dutch Christian anarchists; * Christian anarchist reflections on specific topics such as Kierkegaardian indifference, Romans 13, Dalit religious practice, and resistance to race and nation; * religious anarchism in other traditions, ranging from Wu Nengzi's Daoism and Rexroth's Zen Buddhism to various currents of Islam, including an original Anarca-Islamic clinic. This unique book therefore furthers scholarship on anarchism, on millenarian and revolutionary thinkers and movements, and on religion and politics. It is also of value to members of the wider public interested in radical politics and in the political implications of religion. And of course, it is relevant to those interested in any of the specific themes and thinkers focused on within individual chapters. In short, this book presents a range of invative perspectives on a web of topics that, while held together by the common thread of religious anarchism, also speaks to numerous broader themes which have been increasingly prominent in the twenty-first century.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN-10
1443831891
ISBN-13
9781443831895
eBay Product ID (ePID)
189417108
Product Key Features
Format
With Dust Jacket, Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Religion: Comparative, General & Référence
Dimensions
Weight
454g
Height
212mm
Width
148mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Spine
23mm
Edited by
Alexandre J. M. E. Christoyannopoulos
Author Biography
Dr Alexandre Christoyannopoulos is Associate/Sessional Lecturer at the University of Kent and at Canterbury Christ Church University. His publications include articles in Anarchist Studies, The Heythrop Journal and Politics and Religion, and book chapters in Anti-Democratic Thought and New Perspectives on Anarchism. He is due to publish a book titled Christian Anarchism in 2010.