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Book SynopsisTheology and the Political: Theo-political Reflections on Contemporary Politics in Ecumenical Conversation, edited by Alexei Bodrov and Stephen M. Garrett, is the fruit of Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant conversations from East and West concerning the retrieval of theological discourse for political praxis, theo-political structural analysis of secularity/post-secularity, and distinct political engagement from varying Christian traditions that not only offer political critique but criticism of its particular tradition. This edited volume is animated by the motif of political action as witness in a missional key and makes a unique interdisciplinary contribution to the field of political theology that invites further reflection on the gospel instantiated in various cultural contexts in light of the boundary-crossing nature of mission and theological discourse.
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors 1 Introduction: Political Action as Witness Stephen M. Garrett Part 1: Theo-political Retrieval for Contemporary Political Practice 2 Between Politics and Apocalypse: Discerning the missio Dei in the Contemporary Global Crisis Michael Kirwan 3 Theology and the Basis of Human Rights David A. Hoekema 4 Human Rights and the Orthodox Church in a Global World Emmanuel Clapsis 5 Theology and the Justice of Nations: The Pursuit of an Elusive Justice in a Politically Plural World Stephen M. Garrett Part 2: Theo-political Structural Analysis of Secularity and Post-Secularity 6 Terrorism and Political Theology Jürgen Moltmann Translated by Stephen Hamilton 7 A Tortuous Boundary: Polis, Civil Religion, and the Distinction between the Sacred and Profane Pavlo Smytsnyuk 8 Fundamentalism in Eastern Christianity Cyril Hovorun 9 The Political Aspects of Weak Theology Svetlana Konacheva Part 3: Theo-political Engagement from Specific Christian Traditions 10 What Is Wrong with the “Left” and the “Right”? An Orthodox Christian Perspective Davor Džalto 11 The Prince of Peace Smokes a Peace Pipe: A Church Response to the Challenge of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Jon Coutts 12 Going Political? The Involvement of Churches in Public Debates on Prolife Issues in Belarus Natallia Vasilevich 13 Gendering the Fronts and Fronts against Gender: Feminism and Political Theology in Post-Maidan Ukraine Heleen Zorgdrager 14 Evangelicalism, Authoritarianism, and Socialism: Dialectical Theology in Twenty-First Century America W. Travis McMaken Index of Names and Subjects
