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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAside from the intrinsic merits of this collection, its timing could not be more vital ... it is a fine and valuable contribution. * The Pastoral Review *
This is an excellent resource. The editors have produced a volume that can be used as an introduction to the study of ‘political theology’ from a theological perspective, as an aid to teaching and learning, and as a tool for those who are more familiar with the field. * Crucible, the Journal of Christian Social Ethics *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
I. The Emergence of Political Theology Introduction by Amy Daughton 1. Scriptural Sources 1 Samuel 8; Luke 1.68-79; Matthew 25.31-46; Luke 23.33-43 Augustine, City of God (excerpts) 2. Gregory of Nyssa,
‘First Homily on the Love of the Poor, or On God Works
’ 3. John Chrysostom,
‘First Homily on Lazarus and the Rich Man, or On Wealth and Poverty
’ 4. Augustine of Hippo - City of God, Book XIX, Chapters 11-28 5. Augustine of Hippo - Letters 189, 220 6. Thomas Aquinas - Extracts from
Summa Theologiae 7. Thomas Aquinas - Extracts from
De regimine principum 8. Discussion Questions
II. Approaches to Political Theology Introduction by Anna Rowlands 9. Carl Schmitt - Definition of Sovereignty 10. Jürgen Moltmann - Covenant or Leviathan? Political Theology for Modern Times 11. Johannes Baptist Metz - Theology in the New Paradigm: Political Theology 12. Dorothy Soelle - Extracts from the Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance 13. Jürgen Habermas – Faith and Knowledge 14. Discussion Questions
III. The Church and the Political Introduction by Anna Rowlands 15. Martin Luther - Extracts from Appeal to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation 16. Martin Luther - Extracts from On Secular Authority: How Far Does the Obedience Owed to IT Extend? 17. John Calvin - Of Civil Government 18. John Neville Figgis - Extracts from the Civic Standpoint 19. William Temple
- What Christians Stand for in the Secular World 20. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Karl Barth - The Aryan Clauses and Further Correspondence 21. Dorothy Day - Why 22. Dorothy Day - Extracts from We Go on Record 23. Discussion Questions
IV. The Politics of Jesus Introduction by Elizabeth Phillips 24. John Howard Yoder - Are You the One Who Is to Come? 25. Michael Sattler - The Schleitheim Articles 26. Reinhold Niebuhr - The Ethic of Jesus and the Social Problem 27. James Cone - Jesus Christ in Black Theology 28. Discussion Questions
V. Violence and Peace Introduction by Elizabeth Phillips 29. Tertullian - Extracts from On The Crown 30. Ambrose of Milan - Extracts from On the Duties of Clergy, Book I 31. Pilgram Marpeck - Concerning the Lowliness of Christ 32. Martin Luther King, Jr. - A Time to Breal Silence 33. William T. Cavanaugh - Violence Religious and Secular: Questioning the Categories 34. Rowan Williams - Do Human Rights Exist? 35. Discussion Questions
VI. Liberalism and Democracy Introduction by Anna Rowlands 36. Thomas Hobbes
- Extracts from Leviathan
37. Stanley Hauerwas
- The Church and Liberal Democracy 38. John Milbank - Liberality versus Liberalism 39. Christopher Insole - Theology and Politics: The Intellectual History of Liberalism 40. Eric Gregory
- Love and Citizenship after Augustine 41. Aristotle Papanikolaou - The Politics of Divine-Human Communion 42. Discussion Questions
VII. Oppression, Marginalization and Liberation Introduction by Amy Daughton 43. Leo XIII - Extracts from
Rerum Novarum 44. Jon Sobrino - Extracts from
Extra Pauperes Nulla Salus: A Short Utopian Prophetic Essay 45. Marcella Althaus-Reid - ¿Bién Sonados? The Future of Mystical Connections in Liberation Theology 46. J. Kameron Carther - Interlude on Christology and Race 47. Rosemary Radford Ruether - Extracts from Sexism and God-Talk: Toward a Feminist Theology 48. Musa Dube - Reading for Decolonization (John 4.1-42) 49. Discussion Questions
VIII. Creation, History and Eschatology Introduction by Elizabeth Philips 50. Charles Mathewes - The Republic of Grace; or, the Public Ramifications of Heaven 51. Oliver O’Donovan
- The Political Thought of the Book of Revelation 52. Sergii Bulgakov - The Soul of Socialism 53. Slavoj Žižek - Extracts from Thinking Backward: Predestination and Apocalypse 54. Discussion Questions Suggestions for Further Reading Scripture Index Subject Index
