Beyond the Death of God, Religion in 21st Century International Politics

Author

Sohn; Patricia ; Raudino; Simone

Year

2022

Publisher

University of Michigan Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-0-47207-515-7

Link

Last Update

30-Jan-2026

Keywords

Religion ; Political Science

Description

n 1882, Friedrich Nietzsche announced that “God is dead.” However, that was not the end of his speculations on the subject. He continued: “And we killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers” who brought God to die “under our knives.”¹ In Nietzsche’s text it is, in fact, “the madman” who cries in an open marketplace filled with atheists: “I seek God!” And then, later, in despair: “Whither is God? … I will tell you. We have killed him—you and I. All of us are his murderers. But how did we do this? How could...