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T&T Clark Reader in Political Theology brings together some of the most important, up-to-date scholarly texts published in this field. Edited by leading academics – Phillips, Rowlands and Daughton – this single-volume reader fills the gap in the existing literature and provides a broad introductory selection to encourage critical comprehension of the relationship between theology and the political. Including readings from Augustine, Aquinas, Martin Luther, Carl Schmitt, Jürgen Moltmann, Dorothee Sölle, Dorothy Day, John Howard Yoder, Reinhold Niebuhr and Stanley Hauerwas, this reader analyses and discusses major patristic, medieval and modern texts and figures from the field of political theology. These texts are grouped by topic – from the politics of Jesus, the Church and the political, and liberalism, to liberation and oppression – in order to allow students and scholars alike to gain a clear understanding of key themes and movements within the subject. By presenting a range of pedagogical features – introductions, suggestions for further readings, discussion questions – this text will not only allow students to gain an understanding of the history of the subject, but also the ability to read, interpret and critically engage with the major issues in political theology.

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Author:   Dr Elizabeth Phillips (Margaret Beaufort Institute, UK) ,  Dr Anna Rowlands (Durham University, UK) ,  Dr Amy Daughton (University of Birmingham, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   T.& T.Clark Ltd
Weight:   1.361kg
ISBN:  

9780567666970

ISBN 10:   0567666972
Pages:   736
Publication Date:   25 February 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 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

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Aside 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 *

Aside from the intrinsic merits of this collection, its timing could not be more vital ... it is a fine and valuable contribution. * The Pastoral Review *

Author Information

Elizabeth Phillips is Director of Studies at Westcott House and Research Associate at the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, Cambridge, UK. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, UK and author of Political Theology: A Guide for the Perplexed (T&T Clark, 2012). Anna Rowlands is St Hilda Associate Professor of Catholic Social Thought and Practice in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the Durham University, UK and Chair of the UK Centre for Catholic Social Thought and Practice. She is author of Towards a Politics of Communion: Catholic Social Teaching in Dark Times (forthcoming). Amy Daughton is Lecturer in Practical Theology in the School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham, UK, and Research Associate with the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology in Cambridge, UK. She is author of With and For Others (2016), which considers the work of Paul Ricoeur and Thomas Aquinas for intercultural hermeneutics.

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