<p>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 au
The Mighty and the Almighty: An Essay in Political Theology
β Scribed by Wolterstorff, Nicholas
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2014;2012
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
- Framing the issues: understanding Polycarp
2. Yoder's objection to our framing of the issues
3. The two cities objection to our framing of the issues
4. Authority
5. Governance
6. Authority to govern
7. Calvin on God, governmental authority, and obedience
8. What did Paul actually say?
9. God's governance of humankind
10. Recap
11. The political implications of the nature and existence of the Church
12. Discarding the two rules doctrine
13. The rights-limited state
14. Sphere sovereignty and the authority of the state
15. Revisiting Polycarp
Bibliography
Index.
β¦ Subjects
Christianity and politics;Church and state;Political theology;RELIGION--Theology;;Online-Publikation;RELIGION -- Theology
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