Abstract

LOMBAARD, Christo. Law and faith in ancient Israel and in modern democratic statehood as search for socio-political wellbeing. Scriptura [online]. 2021, vol.120, n.1, pp.1-19. ISSN 2305-445X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.7833/120-1-1992.

In this contribution, the argument pits two cultural reflexes against one another. In modern democracies, religion is removed from the socio-political sphere; in ancient Israel, religion was inserted into the socio-political sphere. In both cases, the intention was the same: the socio-political wellbeing of the citizenry. Such a cultural comparison puts to question the false assumption in modern democracies, that a public sphere emptied of religion constitutes greater freedom.

Keywords : Relationship between law and faith; Sacralisation; Secularisation; Cultural relativity; Freedom.

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