The Mighty and the Almighty
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The Mighty and the Almighty

An Essay in Political Theology

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The Mighty and the Almighty

An Essay in Political Theology

About this book

For a century or more political theology has been in decline. Recent years, however, have seen increasing interest not only in how church and state should be related, but in the relation between divine authority and political authority, and in what religion has to say about the limits of state authority and the grounds of political obedience. In this book, Nicholas Wolterstorff addresses this whole complex of issues. He takes account of traditional answers to these questions, but on every point stakes out new positions. Wolterstorff offers a fresh theological defense of liberal democracy, argues that the traditional doctrine of 'two rules' should be rejected and offers a fresh exegesis of Romans 13, the canonical biblical passage for the tradition of Christian political theology. This book provides useful discussion for scholars and students of political theology, law and religion, philosophy of religion and social ethics.

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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9781107027312
eBook ISBN
9781139534758
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Theology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. THE MIGHTY AND THE ALMIGHTY
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1: Framing the issues: understanding Polycarp
  9. Chapter 2: Yoder' s objection to our framing of the issues
  10. Chapter 3: The "two cities" objection to our framing of the issues
  11. Chapter 4: Authority
  12. Chapter 5: Governance
  13. Chapter 6: Authority to govern
  14. Chapter 7: Calvin on God, governmental authority, and obedience
  15. Chapter 8: What did Paul actually say?
  16. Chapter 9: God' s governance of humankind
  17. Chapter 10: Recap
  18. Chapter 11: The political implications of the nature and existence of the church
  19. Chapter 12: Discarding the "two rules" doctrine
  20. Chapter 13: The rights-limited state
  21. Chapter 14: Institutional rights as limits on the authority of the state
  22. Chapter 15: Wrap-up: Polycarp re-visited
  23. Bibliography
  24. Index of biblical references
  25. General index