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Conflict between religion and state politics is a persistent phenomenon in human history. Hence it is not surprising that the propagation of Christianity often faces the challenge of &ldquo ; political theology&rdquo ; . When the Church of the East monk Aluoben reached China in 635 during the reign of Emperor Tang Taizong, he received the favorable invitation of the emperor to translate Christian sacred texts for the collections of Tang Imperial Library. This marks the beginning of Jingjiao (景教) mission in China. In historiographical sense, China has always been a political domineering society where the role of religion is subservient and secondary. A school of scholarship in Jingjiao studies holds that the fall of Jingjiao in China is the obvious result of its over-involvement in local politics. The flaw of such an assumption is the overlooking of the fact that in the Tang context, it is impossible for any religious establishments to avoid getting in touch with the Tang government. In the light of this notion, this article attempts to approach this issue from the perspective of &ldquo ; political theology&rdquo ; and argues that instead of over-involvement, it is rather the clashing of &ldquo ; ideologies&rdquo ; between the Jingjiao establishment and the ever-changing Tang court&rsquo ; s policies towards foreigners and religious bodies that caused the downfall of Jingjiao Christianity in China. This article will posit its argument based on the analysis of the Chinese Jingjiao canonical texts, especially the Xian Stele, and takes this as a point of departure to observe the political dynamics between Jingjiao and Tang court. The finding of this paper does show that the intellectual history of Chinese Christianity is in a sense a comprehensive history of &ldquo ; political theology&rdquo ; .

Review text: [...] nicht nur ein Meilenstein in der Descartes-Forschung sondern auch der Bildwissenschaft und dr zu einer "Wissenschaft ästhetischer Konzepte" erweiterten philosophischen Ästhetik. Jasmin Mersmann in: H-ArtHist, 10. Juni 2011 http://arthist.net/reviews/384 Zittels Buch Theatrum philosophicum verdient eine sorgfältige Lektüre - wie auch Descartes' Werke selbst im Lichte der Befunde der Forschungen Zittels wieder gelesen werden sollten. Till Kinzel in: IFB - Informationsmittel, April 2010

Cover -- Halftitle page -- Bloomsbury Introductions to World Philosophies -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Figures -- Series Editor Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One -- 1 An Invitation to Play with Reality -- How My Friend Started Playing -- What is the "Epoché"? -- Taking Off Your Colored Glasses -- Where Does the Epoché Take Us? -- Loosening Your Grip on Perception -- A Short Note on Husserl's Version of the Epoché -- 2 Falling into Play -- Case 1: Encountering the Unfamiliar -- Case 2: Losing Yourself in a Compelling Topic -- Case 3: Seeing More Through Art -- Case 4: Playing With Nature -- 3 Openness, Playfulness, and Freedom -- Husserl: Openness to Phenomena -- Gadamer and Ricoeur: Understanding is Playing -- Nishida: Letting Go of Thinking -- 4 Practicing Playing -- Exercise 1: Playing with Imagination -- Observations -- Exercise 2: Playing with Perception -- Observations -- Exercise 3: Playing With the Subject-Object Reversal -- Observations -- 5 A Conversation with Contemplative Traditions -- Part Two -- 6 Practicing Phenomenology-the Historico-Theoretical Context -- Past, Present, and Potential Forms of Practice -- Husserl's Philosophical Background-Kant's Innovations -- Philosophy and Contemplative Practice -- The Contemplative Approach to Ethics -- Theories Can Guide, But are not Fundamental -- Nishida's Philosophical Perspective -- 7 Practicing Phenomenology-the Personal Side in Practice and "Play" -- The Challenge of Really Practicing -- Natural and Unnatural -- A Major Conversion -- Different Views of What's Possible -- Start with Easy Cases, then Continue -- The Epoché is Crucial, but Still Just a Tool -- Full Circle -- 8 Japanese Perspectives on "Practice," "Nature," and "Play" -- Section 1: "Practice" in Japanese Philosophy -- The Importance of Engagement.

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Gary Scott Smith poses two major questions: How have Americans viewed heaven? And how have they believed people get there? He argues that Americans in all periods have agreed about some aspects of heavenly life, but that the predominant conception of heaven has varied from era to era.

In Turkey, where secularism was once considered overly forceful if not an outright attack on religious people, elections and prayers are now combined in unprecedented ways. In this article, Professor Sultan Tepe analyses the use of religion in Turkey’s recent presidential election. Turkey's Election High Council forbids all political parties from campaigning and the media … Continued

Author's commentary on the publication 'Contestacion del obispo y cabildo de Oajaca al oficio del exmo. señor ministro de justicia y negocios eclesiásticos, fecha 29 de marzo de 826, con que á nombre del exmo. señor presidente de la federacion les remitió el dictamen de los señores de las comisiones unidas de relaciones y eclesiástica de 28 de febrero del mismo año, sobre instrucciones al enviado á Roma cerca de S. S. la suprema cabeza de la iglesia'. Signed 'El Pensador'