Political Theology as a New Science: Subject and Methodology
https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2025-18-2-440-454
Abstract
The article provides a rationale for Political Theology as an independent scientific discipline. Much has been said about the relationship between the religion and politics since the ancient times, but there is no specific discipline that systematically studies the interaction between religion and politics and has its own research methodology and terminology. Political activities are carried out by the individuals who have their own motivations. These motivations are shaped by the dominant values in society, which are infl uenced by religion and the laws of perception studied by an individual and social psychology. Today, science faces the task of a systemic interdisciplinary disclosure of the meaning of the phrase “political theology”, i.e. the study of the entire mechanism of the infl uence of a religious factor on the motivation and on the perception of the political process by the subjects of this process, since such research involves a combination of methods of Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Politics, Politology, Theology and Psychology.
Political Theology is a science where the subject is the study of the regularities of the relationship of the political process with the religious factor from the standpoint of teleological epistemology.
About the Author
V. S. PolosinRussian Federation
Vyacheslav S. Polosin, Dr. Sci. (Philosophy), Cand. Sci. (Politics), Full Professor
Bolgar
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Polosin V.S. Political Theology as a New Science: Subject and Methodology. Minbar. Islamic Studies. 2025;18(2):440-454. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31162/2618-9569-2025-18-2-440-454