Description
Book SynopsisOffers a comprehensive survey and interpretation of contemporary Christian political theology in a newly revised and expanded edition
This book presents the latest thinking on the topic of contemporary Christian political theology, with original and constructive essays that represent a range of opinions on various topics. With contributions from expert scholars in the field, it reflects a broad range of methodologies, ecclesial traditions, and geographic and social locations, and provides a sense of the diversity of political theologies. It also addresses the primary resources of the Christian tradition, which theologians draw on when constructing political theologies, and surveys some of the most important figures and movements in political theology. This revised and expanded edition provides the most comprehensive and accessible introduction to this lively and growing area of Christian theology.
Organized into five sections,Wiley Blackwell Companion to Poli
Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction to the Second Edition 1
William T. Cavanaugh and Peter Manley Scott
I. Historical Resources: Scripture, Traditions, Liturgy 13
1 Scripture: Old Testament 15
Walter Brueggemann
2 Scripture: New Testament 28
Christopher Rowland
3 Augustine 41
Jean Bethke Elshtain
4 Aquinas 54
Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt
5 The Reformation 67
Andrew Bradstock
6 Liturgy 80
Bernd Wannenwetsch
II. Contemporary Political Theologies: Survey 95
7 Eastern Orthodox Thought 97
Pantelis Kalaitzidis
8 Carl Schmitt 111
Michael Hollerich
9 Karl Barth 125
Haddon Willmer
10 Dietrich Bonhoeffer 137
Stanley Hauerwas
11 John Courtney Murray 151
Michael J. Baxter
12 Anglican Political Theology 164
Luke Bretherton
13 Reinhold Niebuhr 178
William Werpehowski
14 Feminist Theology, Southern 192
Kwok Pui‐lan
15 Feminist Theology, Northern 207
Elaine Graham
16 Jürgen Moltmann 222
Nicholas Adams
17 Johann Baptist Metz 236
J. Matthew Ashley
18 Political Theologies in Asia 250
Aloysius Pieris
19 Black Political Theologies 264
M. Shawn Copeland
20 Liberation Theology 1: Gustavo Gutiérrez 280
Roberto S. Goizueta
21 Liberation Theology 2: Developments and Reception 293
Mario I. Aguilar
22 Stanley Hauerwas 306
R. R. Reno
23 John Milbank 320
Gavin Hyman
24 Anabaptist Political Theologies 333
Elizabeth Phillips
25 Political Theologies of Africa 346
Emmanuel Katongole
III. Constructive Political Theology 361
26 Trinity 363
Kathryn Tanner
27 Creation 376
Peter Manley Scott
28 Christology 389
Raymund Schwager with Wolfgang Palaver
29 Atonement 403
Timothy J. Gorringe
30 Spirit 416
Mark Lewis Taylor
31 Church 431
William T. Cavanaugh
32 Eschatology 444
Robert W. Jenson
IV. Structures and Movements 457
33 State and Civil Society 459
Daniel M. Bell, Jr
34 Democracy 473
John W. de Gruchy
35 Critical Theory 487
Marsha Aileen Hewitt
36 Postmodernism 502
Catherine Pickstock
37 Postcolonialism 516
Agnes M. Brazal
38 Political Economy 531
Michael S. Northcott
39 Technology and Information 544
Michael S. Burdett
40 Grassroots Social Movements 558
Joerg Rieger
41 Postsecular Political Theology 572
Marcus Pound
V. Abrahamic Perspectives 587
42 The Islamic Quest for Sociopolitical Justice 589
Bustami Mohamed Khir
43 Abrahamic Theopolitics Revisited: A Jewish View 604
Peter Ochs
Index 619
