The Reign of Godconstitutes the first detailed and systematic critical engagement with Oliver O'Donovan's political theology. It argues that O'Donovan's theological account of political authority is not tenable on the basis of exegetical and methodological problems. The book goes on to demonstrate a way to refine O'Donovan's theology of political authority by incorporating insights from his earlier work in moral theology. This can provide a cogent basis for thinking that the Christ-event redeems the natural political authority embedded in the created order and inaugurates its new historical bene essein the form of Christian liberalism.…mehr
The Reign of Godconstitutes the first detailed and systematic critical engagement with Oliver O'Donovan's political theology. It argues that O'Donovan's theological account of political authority is not tenable on the basis of exegetical and methodological problems. The book goes on to demonstrate a way to refine O'Donovan's theology of political authority by incorporating insights from his earlier work in moral theology. This can provide a cogent basis for thinking that the Christ-event redeems the natural political authority embedded in the created order and inaugurates its new historical bene essein the form of Christian liberalism.
Jonathan Coleis Assistant Director at the Centre for Religion, Ethics and Society, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Chapter 1: Oliver O'Donovan's English-language Reception and Theopolitical Influences Chapter 2: Government-as-Judgment: An Exposition of O'Donovan's Theology of Political Authority Chapter 3: Does Israel Reveal the Essence of Political Authority? Chapter 4: Romans 13: 1-7 and the Christological "Re-authorisation" of Political Authority Chapter 5: Salvation-History, Biblical Theology and Political Authority Chapter 6: The "Providence Thesis" and Its Theodicy Implications Chapter 7: O'Donovan's (Conservative) Christian Liberalism Chapter 8: Providence and the Created Order: The Ontological Tension in the Accounts of Political Authority in Resurrection and Desire Chapter 9: The Redemption of Political Authority and Its New Historical Bene Esse as the Work of Divine Providence Conclusion Bibliography Index
Introduction Chapter 1: Oliver O'Donovan's English-language Reception and Theopolitical Influences Chapter 2: Government-as-Judgment: An Exposition of O'Donovan's Theology of Political Authority Chapter 3: Does Israel Reveal the Essence of Political Authority? Chapter 4: Romans 13: 1-7 and the Christological "Re-authorisation" of Political Authority Chapter 5: Salvation-History, Biblical Theology and Political Authority Chapter 6: The "Providence Thesis" and Its Theodicy Implications Chapter 7: O'Donovan's (Conservative) Christian Liberalism Chapter 8: Providence and the Created Order: The Ontological Tension in the Accounts of Political Authority in Resurrection and Desire Chapter 9: The Redemption of Political Authority and Its New Historical Bene Esse as the Work of Divine Providence Conclusion Bibliography Index
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