Liturgical Power by Nicholas Heron

Liturgical Power by Nicholas Heron

Seeks to understand the prevailing conception of government in the light of an important transformation in the idea of politics brought about by Christianity.

Heron's book offers a magisterial reconstruction of the Christian idea of governmentLiturgical Power makes a crucially important intervention into the emerging field of political theology. -- --Miguel Vatter University of New South Wales Liturgical Power makes a significant contribution to liturgical studies through its ability to illuminate Agamben's significant work on the subject in his more recent writings. The book demonstrates first-rate scholarship in that it takes up a significant philological discussion that is pursued across centuries and various sources. -- --Colby Dickinson Loyola University Chicago

Nicholas Heron is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland. He is the translator of Giorgio Agamben's Stasis: Civil War as a Political Paradigm.

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ISBN 13	9780823278688
ISBN 10	0823278689
Title	Liturgical Power
Author	Nicholas Heron
Series	Commonalities
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Fordham University Press
Year published	2017-11-28
Number of pages	216
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