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Theological Justification of Authority: Authority as a Sacred Phenomenon

Year 2017, Volume: 14 Issue: 1, 8 - 23, 29.06.2017
https://doi.org/10.17131/milel.324209

Abstract

The authority that has been accepted as a sacred phenomenon by many

religious traditions is related to God who is the highest authority and therefore

all powers that have the right of authority have to legitimize their

authority by God. Some religious traditions question the legitimacy of authoritarian

powers, and accept it as legitimate if it is appropriate to the

rules and orders defined by God. Some traditions, on the other hand, accept

the current authorities as legitimate and supply them a background of theological

justification. The cult of king-God supplies a perspective in this

direction. Also the doctrine of every authoritarian structure was founded

by God, and consequently has a legitimacy supplies a theological justification

to all authorities. This doctrine that is expressed particularly by Christianity

is closely connected to the development of such social structures as

secularism, liberalism and democracy.






Key Words: Authority, theological justification,

References

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Otoritenin Teolojik Meşruiyeti: Kutsal Bir Fenomen Olarak Otorite

Year 2017, Volume: 14 Issue: 1, 8 - 23, 29.06.2017
https://doi.org/10.17131/milel.324209

Abstract

Birçok dinsel gelenek kutsal bir fenomen olarak kabul ettiği otoriteyi, en

kutsal olan Tanrıyla ilişkilendirir. Tanrı en üst otoritedir ve otorite yetkisine

sahip olan tüm gü.ler meşruiyetini tanrıdan almak durumundadır.

Bazı dinsel gelenekler tanrıdan hareketle mevcut otoriter gü.lerin meşruiyetini

tartışır. Buna göre tanrının belirlemiş olduğu kurallara ve sınırlara

riayet ediyorsa otorite meşru olarak kabul edilir. Bazı dinsel geleneklerde

ise mevcut otoriter yapılar esas alınarak bunlara teolojik meşruiyet zemini

oluşturulur. Kral-tanrı kültü bağlamında otoriter gü.lerin değerlendirilmesi

bu bağlamdadır. Bunun dışında en dikkat çekici perspektif ise tanrının

dünyevi egemenlik alanını insana bıraktığı ve bu doğrultuda nasıl

olursa olsun her otoriter yapının teolojik bir meşruiyete sahip olduğu yaklaşımıdır.

Özellikle Hıristiyanlık tarafından dillendirilen bu yaklaşımın, bir

şekilde günümüzdeki sekülerizm, liberalizm ve demokrasi gibi yapıların






gelişimiyle yakın ilişkisi vardır.

References

  • Josephson, J.A., The Invention of Religion in Japan, University of Chicago Press 2012. Kotan, Ş., Kur’an ve Tarihselcilik, İstanbul: Beyan 2001.. Liade, M, L.E. Sullivan, “Deus Otiosus”, Encyclopedia of Religion, (second edition), ed. L. Jones, c. 4, Thomson Gale, 2005. Mortimer, E., Faith and Power: The Politics of Islam, London: Faber and Faber 1982. Paul, S.M., Studies in the Book of Covenant in the Light of Cuneiform and Biblical Law, Leiden: Brill 1970. Schoeps, H.J., Paul: The Theology of the Apostle in the Light of Jewish Religious History, tr. H. Knight, Philadelphia: The Westminster Press 1961. Tertullian, The Apology, xxxiii, http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/ 0301.htm (Copyright © 2000 by Kevin Knight). Westmoreland, C., Deism: The Knowledge of God –Based Reason and Nature, Lulu Press 2015. Weaver, J.D., “Violence in Christian Theology”, http://www.crosscurrents. org/weaver0701.htm. Seib, P., D.M. Janbek, Global Terrorism and the New Media; The Post-Al Qaeda Generation, New York: Routledge 2011. Silberman, I, E.T Higgins, C.S. Dweck, “Religion and the World Change: Violence and Terrorism versus Peace”, Journal of Social Issues, 61:4, 2005. “The Religiousness of Violence”, (the Editors), Numen, 52:1, 2005. Unqureanu, Daniel, “Sayyid Qutb’s Ideological Influence on Contemporary Muslim Communities Accross Western Europe”, International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology, 7:2, 2010.
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Şinasi Gündüz

Publication Date June 29, 2017
Submission Date April 20, 2017
Published in Issue Year 2017 Volume: 14 Issue: 1

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ISNAD Gündüz, Şinasi. “Otoritenin Teolojik Meşruiyeti: Kutsal Bir Fenomen Olarak Otorite”. Milel ve Nihal 14/1 (June 2017), 8-23. https://doi.org/10.17131/milel.324209.