Religion and the world: the quest for justice and peace

被引：0

作者：

Dallmayr, Fred ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Notre Dame, Coll Arts & Letters, Dept Polit Sci, 217 Oshaughnessy Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA

来源：

POLITICA & SOCIETA | 2012年 / 1卷 / 01期

关键词：

religion; justice; peace; manicheism; international politics;

D O I：

10.4476/36327

中图分类号：

D0 [政治学、政治理论];

学科分类号：

0302 ; 030201 ;

摘要：

The aim of the present article is to show how religious faith, if adequately defined, can greatly contribute to the promotion of peace and justice in the world. Yet, this contribution is mostly potential and rarely actual. In particular, I will consider three main factors which impede the process of peacemaking. The first is the lust for untrammeled political power, which leads to the politicization of religion. The second factor is the striving for unlimited wealth, which leads to the privatization of religion. The third factor is represented by the ravages caused by chauvinism, xenophobia, and genocidal mayhem. The direct and visible effect of this latter factor is what I define as the "Manichean" derailment of religion.

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