Applying Arendt's vita activa to religion

Title: Applying Arendt's vita activa to religion
Creator: Stanley, Timothy
Relation: Politics, Religion & Ideology Vol. 22, Issue 1, p. 1-16
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21567689.2021.1877670
Publisher: Routledge
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2021
Description: Hannah Arendt clearly articulated a vision of political life free of religious origins as well as the dominance of religious authorities. Nonetheless, she both consistently drew upon religious ideas as well as encouraged religious actors to weigh in on political matters. To understand why, I firstly reiterate her account of intersubjective plurality articulated throughout the vita activa's three categories of labor, work and action. Secondly, I apply the vita activa to some of Arendt’s most prominent writings on religion. What emerges is yet another way in which Arendt’s oeuvre continues to matter.
Subject: vita activa; Hannah Arendt; secularization; intersubjectivity; plurality; reconciliation
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1461973
Identifier: uon:46352
Identifier: ISSN:2156-7689
Language: eng
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