The Politics of the Crucified
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The Politics of the Crucified

The Cross in the Political Theology of Yoder, Boff, and Sobrino

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The Politics of the Crucified

The Cross in the Political Theology of Yoder, Boff, and Sobrino

About this book

Jesus died, not peacefully in bed, but on the cross, the instrument of execution used by the Romans to keep potential disturbers of the established political order in their place. Until the pioneering work of Jurgen Moltmann, the cross has been the "elephant in the room" in Christian political theology. This book explores the difference Jesus's crucifixion makes (or should make) to Christian political theology, by examining the crucifixion in the theologies of the Mennonite John Howard Yoder and the liberation theologians Leonardo Boff and Jon Sobrino. In the light of the cross and of the kenotic God revealed by the cross, questions of political power are explored, and a kenotic political ethic outlined. In conclusion, suggestions are made as to how the contemporary church can live out a cruciform, or cross-shaped, political spirituality and ecclesiology.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Preface
  3. Chapter 1: Introduction
  4. Chapter 2: The Context of the Political Theology of the Cross in Yoder, Boff, and Sobrino
  5. Chapter 3: The Historical and Political Causation of the Crucifixion in Yoder, Boff, and Sobrino
  6. Summary 1: Towards a Political Theology of the Cross—Foundations
  7. Chapter 4: The Cross as a Definitive Source of Christian Political Ethics
  8. Chapter 5: The Cross and Political Discipleship
  9. Chapter 6: The Cross and a Response to Violence
  10. Summary 2: Towards a Political Theology of the Cross—Discipleship and Peacemaking
  11. Chapter 7: The Cruciform People—The Church and Political Responsibility
  12. Chapter 8: The Crucified People—Solidarity between the Poor and the Crucified Christ
  13. Summary 3: Towards a Political Theology of the Cross—Community, Crucifixion and Responsibility
  14. Chapter 9: Hope, Eschatology, and the Cross
  15. Chapter 10: Power, Providence and the Cross
  16. Summary 4: Towards a Political Theology of the Cross—Hope and Power
  17. Chapter 11: The Cross and Political Power
  18. Chapter 12: The Cross, the Church, and the Crucified People
  19. Bibliography