1st Edition
Recognition and Religion Contemporary and Historical Perspectives
Introduction Section I: Recognition: Novel Articulations 1 The Recognition of Religion in Public Spaces 2 Mediated Recognition: Suggestions towards an Articulation 3 Causes for Lack of Recognition: From the Secular to the Non-Secular Section II: Historical Struggles for Recognition 4 Early Christians and the Transformation of Recognition 5 Early Christians on Philosophy: A Religion Seeking Recognition in Greco-Roman Culture 6 Recognition through Persuasion: An Aspect of Late Antique Religious Controversy 7 Recognizing the Road: Graeco-Roman Appeals for Religious Diversity in the Late Roman Empire Section III: Medieval and Early Modern Intersections 8 Shame, Self-Evaluation and Recognition in the Middle Ages 9 Aquinas on Recognition 10 Theological and Legal Arguments for the Non-Recognition and Recognition of the Rights of Infidels in Medieval Sources 11 Recognition and Masculinity: Luther on the Song of Songs Section IV: Roots of Recognition Theory 12 Spinoza, Religion and Recognition 13 Hegel’s Actualist Metaphysics as a Framework for Understanding His Recognition-Theoretic Account of Christianity Section V: Limits of Recognition 14 On the Natural Basis and Ecological Limits of Recognition 15 Justice, Friendship and Recognition: Reflections on Ancient and Late Ancient Debates
Biography
Maijastina Kahlos is a senior researcher at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
Heikki J. Koskinen is a senior researcher at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
Ritva Palmén is a postdoctoral researcher at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland.
