Abstract Redemption and reconciliation. The theological-political comparison between Hegel and Schleiermacher This paper examines the concept of redemption as understood by Hegel and Schleiermacher. Both authors conceive of redemption in dialectical terms, and their ideas are deeply r

Abstract Redemption and Reformation: some elements of reflection for a self-critical “political theology” This paper provides some reflections on the concept of redemption in the Reformed Churches. First, the impact of previous theologies on the Reformation will be mention

Abstract Redeeming Italy from the sins of princes. A political-military interpretation of “redemption” in The Prince In The Prince, the words redemption, redeemer, redeem only appear in Chapter 26. In this paper, I will attempt to answer two questions: “why, in the final e

Download PDF The Temple as Sanctuary and the Right of Asylum (Tiziana Faitini) Abstract The entry deals with some aspects of the history of the concept of ‘temple’. In the Western tradition, the temple coincides, at least to some extent, with the territorialisation of the sacred. It i

Abstract «Templorum praerogative cum legaterum domibus communicabantur». The temple in the debate on the inviolability of the diplomatic seat in the early Modern Age This paper analyses two issues which emerged from the diplomatic practice of the 16th and 17th Centuries and which have

Abstract Around the Ka‘ba. A theological-political journey between history and jihad The temple plays a crucial part in Islam. The phenomenology of the Islamic temple reflects a vital characteristic of the religion: the dialectic between exteriority (zāhir) and interiority (bātin), be

Abstract Bernhard Welte in the wake of Heidegger. From the temple to the shopping mall (or the end of the temple) This essay discusses the fact that sacred spaces are today disappearing, through an examination of Bernhard Welte’s considerations on the meaning of the temple and its spa

Abstract Corbin and the meditation on temple This essay examines the extent to which the theological-political understanding of the temple as a space and a territorialisation of the sacred, and the interpretation offered by Henri Corbin of the concept of the imago templi, differ. Corb

Abstract What do we see when we think about “temple”?  This essay develops the theme of the temple from the perspective of a phenomenology of the image. In doing so, it intends to problematize the very concept of the temple and its correspondence with images, and to avoid

 Abstract From Abraham’s tent to the homes of believers. The sacredness of the guest in Islamic tradition This essay deals with the concept of hospitality in the Islamic tradition. According to a Koranic verse dedicated to the various components of “true pity” (in Arabic birr, Q