Elizabeth Phillips is Director of Studies at Westcott House and Research Associate at the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, Cambridge, UK. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, UK and author of Political Theology: A Guide for the Perplexed (T&T Clark, 2012).Anna Rowlands is St Hilda Associate Professor of Catholic Social Thought and Practice in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the Durham University, UK and Chair of the UK Centre for Catholic Social Thought and Practice. She is author of Towards a Politics of Communion: Catholic Social Teaching in Dark Times (forthcoming).Amy Daughton is Lecturer in Practical Theology in the School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham, UK, and Research Associate with the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology in Cambridge, UK. She is author of With and For Others (2016), which considers the work of Paul Ricoeur and Thomas Aquinas for intercultural hermeneutics.

Aside from the intrinsic merits of this collection, its timing could not be more vital ... it is a fine and valuable contribution.

• IntroductionI. The Emergence of Political Theology Introduction by Amy Daughton1. Scriptural Sources1 Samuel 8; Luke 1.68-79; Matthew 25.31-46; Luke 23.33-43 Augustine, City of God (excerpts)2. Gregory of Nyssa, ‘First Homily on the Love of the Poor, or On God Works’3. John Chrysostom, ‘First Homily on Lazarus and the Rich Man, or On Wealth and Poverty’ 4. Augustine of Hippo - City of God, Book XIX, Chapters 11-285. Augustine of Hippo - Letters 189, 2206. Thomas Aquinas - Extracts from Summa Theologiae7. Thomas Aquinas - Extracts from De regimine principum8. Discussion QuestionsII. Approaches to Political TheologyIntroduction by Anna Rowlands9. Carl Schmitt - Definition of Sovereignty10. Jürgen Moltmann - Covenant or Leviathan? Political Theology for Modern Times11. Johannes Baptist Metz - Theology in the New Paradigm: Political Theology12. Dorothy Soelle - Extracts from the Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance13. Jürgen Habermas – Faith and Knowledge14. Discussion QuestionsIII. The Church and the Political Introduction by Anna Rowlands15. Martin Luther - Extracts from Appeal to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation16. Martin Luther - Extracts from On Secular Authority: How Far Does the Obedience Owed to IT Extend?17. John Calvin - Of Civil Government18. John Neville Figgis - Extracts from the Civic Standpoint19. William Temple - What Christians Stand for in the Secular World20. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Karl Barth - The Aryan Clauses and Further Correspondence21. Dorothy Day - Why22. Dorothy Day - Extracts from We Go on Record23. Discussion QuestionsIV. The Politics of JesusIntroduction by Elizabeth Phillips24. John Howard Yoder - Are You the One Who Is to Come?25. Michael Sattler - The Schleitheim Articles26. Reinhold Niebuhr - The Ethic of Jesus and the Social Problem27. James Cone - Jesus Christ in Black Theology28. Discussion QuestionsV. Violence and PeaceIntroduction by Elizabeth Phillips29. Tertullian - Extracts from On The Crown30. Ambrose of Milan - Extracts from On the Duties of Clergy, Book I31. Pilgram Marpeck - Concerning the Lowliness of Christ32. Martin Luther King, Jr. - A Time to Breal Silence33. William T. Cavanaugh - Violence Religious and Secular: Questioning the Categories34. Rowan Williams - Do Human Rights Exist?35. Discussion QuestionsVI. Liberalism and DemocracyIntroduction by Anna Rowlands36. Thomas Hobbes - Extracts from Leviathan37. Stanley Hauerwas - The Church and Liberal Democracy38. John Milbank - Liberality versus Liberalism39. Christopher Insole - Theology and Politics: The Intellectual History of Liberalism40. Eric Gregory - Love and Citizenship after Augustine41. Aristotle Papanikolaou - The Politics of Divine-Human Communion42. Discussion QuestionsVII. Oppression, Marginalization and LiberationIntroduction by Amy Daughton43. Leo XIII - Extracts from Rerum Novarum44. Jon Sobrino - Extracts from Extra Pauperes Nulla Salus: A Short Utopian Prophetic Essay45. Marcella Althaus-Reid - ¿Bién Sonados? The Future of Mystical Connections in Liberation Theology46. J. Kameron Carther - Interlude on Christology and Race47. Rosemary Radford Ruether - Extracts from Sexism and God-Talk: Toward a Feminist Theology48. Musa Dube - Reading for Decolonization (John 4.1-42)49. Discussion QuestionsVIII. Creation, History and EschatologyIntroduction by Elizabeth Philips50. Charles Mathewes - The Republic of Grace; or, the Public Ramifications of Heaven51. Oliver O’Donovan - The Political Thought of the Book of Revelation52. Sergii Bulgakov - The Soul of Socialism53. Slavoj Žižek - Extracts from Thinking Backward: Predestination and Apocalypse54. Discussion QuestionsSuggestions for Further ReadingScripture Index Subject Index

Elizabeth Phillips is Director of Studies at Westcott House and Research Associate at the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, Cambridge, UK. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, UK and author of Political Theology: A Guide for the Perplexed (T&T Clark, 2012).Anna Rowlands is St Hilda Associate Professor of Catholic Social Thought and Practice in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the Durham University, UK and Chair of the UK Centre for Catholic Social Thought and Practice. She is author of Towards a Politics of Communion: Catholic Social Teaching in Dark Times (forthcoming).Amy Daughton is Lecturer in Practical Theology in the School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham, UK, and Research Associate with the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology in Cambridge, UK. She is author of With and For Others (2016), which considers the work of Paul Ricoeur and Thomas Aquinas for intercultural hermeneutics.

Aside from the intrinsic merits of this collection, its timing could not be more vital ... it is a fine and valuable contribution.

• IntroductionI. The Emergence of Political Theology Introduction by Amy Daughton1. Scriptural Sources1 Samuel 8; Luke 1.68-79; Matthew 25.31-46; Luke 23.33-43 Augustine, City of God (excerpts)2. Gregory of Nyssa, ‘First Homily on the Love of the Poor, or On God Works’3. John Chrysostom, ‘First Homily on Lazarus and the Rich Man, or On Wealth and Poverty’ 4. Augustine of Hippo - City of God, Book XIX, Chapters 11-285. Augustine of Hippo - Letters 189, 2206. Thomas Aquinas - Extracts from Summa Theologiae7. Thomas Aquinas - Extracts from De regimine principum8. Discussion QuestionsII. Approaches to Political TheologyIntroduction by Anna Rowlands9. Carl Schmitt - Definition of Sovereignty10. Jürgen Moltmann - Covenant or Leviathan? Political Theology for Modern Times11. Johannes Baptist Metz - Theology in the New Paradigm: Political Theology12. Dorothy Soelle - Extracts from the Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance13. Jürgen Habermas – Faith and Knowledge14. Discussion QuestionsIII. The Church and the Political Introduction by Anna Rowlands15. Martin Luther - Extracts from Appeal to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation16. Martin Luther - Extracts from On Secular Authority: How Far Does the Obedience Owed to IT Extend?17. John Calvin - Of Civil Government18. John Neville Figgis - Extracts from the Civic Standpoint19. William Temple - What Christians Stand for in the Secular World20. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Karl Barth - The Aryan Clauses and Further Correspondence21. Dorothy Day - Why22. Dorothy Day - Extracts from We Go on Record23. Discussion QuestionsIV. The Politics of JesusIntroduction by Elizabeth Phillips24. John Howard Yoder - Are You the One Who Is to Come?25. Michael Sattler - The Schleitheim Articles26. Reinhold Niebuhr - The Ethic of Jesus and the Social Problem27. James Cone - Jesus Christ in Black Theology28. Discussion QuestionsV. Violence and PeaceIntroduction by Elizabeth Phillips29. Tertullian - Extracts from On The Crown30. Ambrose of Milan - Extracts from On the Duties of Clergy, Book I31. Pilgram Marpeck - Concerning the Lowliness of Christ32. Martin Luther King, Jr. - A Time to Breal Silence33. William T. Cavanaugh - Violence Religious and Secular: Questioning the Categories34. Rowan Williams - Do Human Rights Exist?35. Discussion QuestionsVI. Liberalism and DemocracyIntroduction by Anna Rowlands36. Thomas Hobbes - Extracts from Leviathan37. Stanley Hauerwas - The Church and Liberal Democracy38. John Milbank - Liberality versus Liberalism39. Christopher Insole - Theology and Politics: The Intellectual History of Liberalism40. Eric Gregory - Love and Citizenship after Augustine41. Aristotle Papanikolaou - The Politics of Divine-Human Communion42. Discussion QuestionsVII. Oppression, Marginalization and LiberationIntroduction by Amy Daughton43. Leo XIII - Extracts from Rerum Novarum44. Jon Sobrino - Extracts from Extra Pauperes Nulla Salus: A Short Utopian Prophetic Essay45. Marcella Althaus-Reid - ¿Bién Sonados? The Future of Mystical Connections in Liberation Theology46. J. Kameron Carther - Interlude on Christology and Race47. Rosemary Radford Ruether - Extracts from Sexism and God-Talk: Toward a Feminist Theology48. Musa Dube - Reading for Decolonization (John 4.1-42)49. Discussion QuestionsVIII. Creation, History and EschatologyIntroduction by Elizabeth Philips50. Charles Mathewes - The Republic of Grace; or, the Public Ramifications of Heaven51. Oliver O’Donovan - The Political Thought of the Book of Revelation52. Sergii Bulgakov - The Soul of Socialism53. Slavoj Žižek - Extracts from Thinking Backward: Predestination and Apocalypse54. Discussion QuestionsSuggestions for Further ReadingScripture Index Subject Index

Elizabeth Phillips is Director of Studies at Westcott House and Research Associate at the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, Cambridge, UK. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, UK and author of Political Theology: A Guide for the Perplexed (T&T Clark, 2012).Anna Rowlands is St Hilda Associate Professor of Catholic Social Thought and Practice in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the Durham University, UK and Chair of the UK Centre for Catholic Social Thought and Practice. She is author of Towards a Politics of Communion: Catholic Social Teaching in Dark Times (forthcoming).Amy Daughton is Lecturer in Practical Theology in the School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham, UK, and Research Associate with the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology in Cambridge, UK. She is author of With and For Others (2016), which considers the work of Paul Ricoeur and Thomas Aquinas for intercultural hermeneutics.

Aside from the intrinsic merits of this collection, its timing could not be more vital ... it is a fine and valuable contribution.

• IntroductionI. The Emergence of Political Theology Introduction by Amy Daughton1. Scriptural Sources1 Samuel 8; Luke 1.68-79; Matthew 25.31-46; Luke 23.33-43 Augustine, City of God (excerpts)2. Gregory of Nyssa, ‘First Homily on the Love of the Poor, or On God Works’3. John Chrysostom, ‘First Homily on Lazarus and the Rich Man, or On Wealth and Poverty’ 4. Augustine of Hippo - City of God, Book XIX, Chapters 11-285. Augustine of Hippo - Letters 189, 2206. Thomas Aquinas - Extracts from Summa Theologiae7. Thomas Aquinas - Extracts from De regimine principum8. Discussion QuestionsII. Approaches to Political TheologyIntroduction by Anna Rowlands9. Carl Schmitt - Definition of Sovereignty10. Jürgen Moltmann - Covenant or Leviathan? Political Theology for Modern Times11. Johannes Baptist Metz - Theology in the New Paradigm: Political Theology12. Dorothy Soelle - Extracts from the Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance13. Jürgen Habermas – Faith and Knowledge14. Discussion QuestionsIII. The Church and the Political Introduction by Anna Rowlands15. Martin Luther - Extracts from Appeal to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation16. Martin Luther - Extracts from On Secular Authority: How Far Does the Obedience Owed to IT Extend?17. John Calvin - Of Civil Government18. John Neville Figgis - Extracts from the Civic Standpoint19. William Temple - What Christians Stand for in the Secular World20. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Karl Barth - The Aryan Clauses and Further Correspondence21. Dorothy Day - Why22. Dorothy Day - Extracts from We Go on Record23. Discussion QuestionsIV. The Politics of JesusIntroduction by Elizabeth Phillips24. John Howard Yoder - Are You the One Who Is to Come?25. Michael Sattler - The Schleitheim Articles26. Reinhold Niebuhr - The Ethic of Jesus and the Social Problem27. James Cone - Jesus Christ in Black Theology28. Discussion QuestionsV. Violence and PeaceIntroduction by Elizabeth Phillips29. Tertullian - Extracts from On The Crown30. Ambrose of Milan - Extracts from On the Duties of Clergy, Book I31. Pilgram Marpeck - Concerning the Lowliness of Christ32. Martin Luther King, Jr. - A Time to Breal Silence33. William T. Cavanaugh - Violence Religious and Secular: Questioning the Categories34. Rowan Williams - Do Human Rights Exist?35. Discussion QuestionsVI. Liberalism and DemocracyIntroduction by Anna Rowlands36. Thomas Hobbes - Extracts from Leviathan37. Stanley Hauerwas - The Church and Liberal Democracy38. John Milbank - Liberality versus Liberalism39. Christopher Insole - Theology and Politics: The Intellectual History of Liberalism40. Eric Gregory - Love and Citizenship after Augustine41. Aristotle Papanikolaou - The Politics of Divine-Human Communion42. Discussion QuestionsVII. Oppression, Marginalization and LiberationIntroduction by Amy Daughton43. Leo XIII - Extracts from Rerum Novarum44. Jon Sobrino - Extracts from Extra Pauperes Nulla Salus: A Short Utopian Prophetic Essay45. Marcella Althaus-Reid - ¿Bién Sonados? The Future of Mystical Connections in Liberation Theology46. J. Kameron Carther - Interlude on Christology and Race47. Rosemary Radford Ruether - Extracts from Sexism and God-Talk: Toward a Feminist Theology48. Musa Dube - Reading for Decolonization (John 4.1-42)49. Discussion QuestionsVIII. Creation, History and EschatologyIntroduction by Elizabeth Philips50. Charles Mathewes - The Republic of Grace; or, the Public Ramifications of Heaven51. Oliver O’Donovan - The Political Thought of the Book of Revelation52. Sergii Bulgakov - The Soul of Socialism53. Slavoj Žižek - Extracts from Thinking Backward: Predestination and Apocalypse54. Discussion QuestionsSuggestions for Further ReadingScripture Index Subject Index