Religion, Authority, and the State

Leo D. Lefebure is Matteo Ricci, S.J., Professor of Theology at Georgetown University, USA. He is the author of True and Holy: Christian Scripture and Other Religions and the co-author of The Path of Wisdom: A Christian Commentary on the Dhamma.

• Foreword; His Holiness, Orthodox Patriarch of Serbia Irinej.- Introduction; Leo D. Lefebure.- Part I: International Perspectives.- 1. Specters of a New Ecumenism:  In Search of a Church ‘Out of Joint’; Dale Irvin.- 2. Religion and the State: Contexts, Controversies, and Conjectures in Australia, Indonesia and Egypt; Patricia Madigan.- Part II: Asia and Africa.- 3. A Postcolonial Theological Reading of the Philippines: Church-State Relation and a Familia Dei Response; Pascal Bazzell.- 4. Diagnosing the Politics of Christian-Muslim Conflicts in the West African Sub-Region: Going beyond the Western Paradigm; Chukwumamkpam Vincent Ifeme.- 5. Islamic Extremism in West Africa: A Historical and Theological Reading of the Religious Conflicts between Muslims and Non-Muslims in the West African Sub-Region; Ikenna Okafor.- Part III: United States of America.- 6. The Reign of God and Constantine’s Disputed Legacy: Religious Freedom, Sacred Empire, and the American Experience; Leo D. Lefebure.- 7. The U.S. Bishops’ Campaign for Religious Freedom during the 2012 Presidential Election Year:  A Critical Analysis; Dennis M. Doyle.- Part IV: Europe.- 8. Confessional Belonging and National Identity: A Case-study of Serbia, Croatia and Germany; Vladimir Latinovic.- 9. Sobornost’, State Authority, and Christian Society in Slavophile Political Authority; Nathaniel Wood.- 10. Church and State in England: A Fragile Establishment; Mark Chapman.- 11. Religion and the Rising: Patrick Pearse and Easter 1916; Gerard Mannion.

“In this volume, the authors remember Constantines legacy, and how religious freedom in some places and the lack of it in others have  been affected by that legacy. … This book was a very detailed and interesting read on religion throughout the world. It was informative and detailed.” (Justin Dilliplane, Resolved for Christ, resolvedfc.blogspot.de, January, 2018)