Media, Religion and Public Space
Relations between religion and politics are complex and paradoxical. Both strive to achieve and maintain power. Both politics and religion involve control over social relations and emphasiye social integration (politics in its concern for order in society, and religion in its concern for observance...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Vasile Goldis Western University, Arad
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Studii de Stiinta si Cultura |
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| Online Access: | http://www.revista-studii-uvvg.ro/images/stories/26/17%20Falca%20BUN.pdf |
| Summary: | Relations between religion and politics are complex and paradoxical. Both strive to achieve and maintain power. Both politics and religion involve control over social relations and emphasiye social integration (politics in its concern for order in society, and religion in its concern for observance of order and obligations within the congregation). But they differ in respect of specific goals, the values that ascribe to power and differences in their conceptions of the nature and source of power. In the modern world, power, embodied in political institutions, is secular; in the past, its association with religion created a transcendental relationship, causing the possession of power to be of different quality, to come from another world. But, while politics is focused on interpersonal relationships, religion is more oriented towards relations between humans and gods or other spiritual forces. |
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| ISSN: | 1841-1401 2067-5135 |