
Political Church
The Local Assembly as Embassy of Christ's Rule
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Political Church
The Local Assembly as Embassy of Christ's Rule
About this book
The church is political.
Theologians have been debating this claim for years. Liberationists, Anabaptists, Augustinians, neo-Calvinists, Radical Orthodox, and others continue to discuss the matter. What do we mean by politics and the political? What are the limits of the church's political reach? What is the nature of the church as an institution? How do we establish these claims theologically?
Jonathan Leeman sets out to address these questions in this Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture volume. Drawing on covenant theology and the "new institutionalism" in political science, Leeman critiques political liberalism and explores how the biblical canon informs an account of the local church as an embassy of Christ's kingdom. Political Church heralds a new era in political theology.
Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture, edited by Daniel J. Treier and Kevin J. Vanhoozer, promotes evangelical contributions to systematic theology, seeking fresh understanding of Christian doctrine through creatively faithful engagement with Scripture in dialogue with church.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Outline ofĀ theĀ Book
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 What IsĀ Politics?
- 2 What IsĀ anĀ Institution?
- 3 TheĀ Politics ofĀ Creation
- 4 TheĀ Politics ofĀ theĀ Fall
- 5 TheĀ Politics ofĀ theĀ NewĀ Covenant
- 6 TheĀ Politics ofĀ theĀ Kingdom
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- Scripture Index
- TheĀ Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture Series
- Praise forĀ Political Church
- About theĀ Author
- More Titles from InterVarsity Press
- Copyright Page