Blackwell Companion to Political Theology

Peter M. Scott is Senior Lecturer in Christian Social Thought and Director of the Lincoln Theological Institute at the University of Manchester, UK. He is the author of Theology, Ideology and Liberation (1994) and A Political Theology of Nature (2003). He is a member of the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton and the Manchester Centre for Public Theology, and is a director of the Manchester Research Institute for Religion and Civil Society.William T. Cavanaugh is Associate Professor of Theology at the University of St Thomas in St Paul, Minnesota, USA. He is the author of Torture and Eucharist (Blackwell, 1998) and Theopolitical Imagination (2003).

"Just when I was beginning to think that there are too many companion volumes in the world, I have read one that is pure delight. Political theology is a hot topic, and this book is required reading for it ... It is a book of books." Stephen H. Webb, Wabash College, Indiana "An excellent resource for both teaching and research, this anthology is recommended for every theology library." Daniel J. Kuntz, Brescia University, Owensboro “This is a very important, pioneering book, full of scintillating arguments and fresh insights. It is likely to redefine political theology for a new generation, and arouse a great deal of useful and vigorous debate. It will be an indispensible stimulus and resource for students and scholars concerned with the bearing of Christian theology on the political and public sphere.” Duncan Forrester, University of Edinburgh “The strength of the collection lies in part two, a state-of-the-art summary of political theologies. The usefulness of companion, suitable for seminary libraries, is enhanced by an index of names and subjects and an index of biblical references.”Timothy D. LincolnAustin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

• Contributors viiiIntroduction 1William T. Cavanaugh and Peter ScottPart I Traditioned Resources: Scripture, Traditions, Liturgy 51 Scripture: Old Testament 7Walter Brueggemann2 Scripture: New Testament 21Christopher Rowland3 Augustine 35Jean Bethke Elshtain4 Aquinas 48Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt5 The Reformation 62Andrew Bradstock6 Liturgy 76Bernd WannenwetschPart II Political Theologies: Survey 917 Eastern Orthodox Thought 93Michael Plekon8 Carl Schmitt 107Michael Hollerich9 Karl Barth 123Haddon Willmer10 Dietrich Bonhoeffer 136Stanley Hauerwas11 John Courtney Murray 150Michael J. Baxter12 William Temple 165Alan M. Suggate13 Reinhold Niebuhr180William Werpehowski14 Feminist Theology, Southern 194Kwok Pui-lan15 Feminist Theology, Northern 210Elaine Graham16 Jürgen Moltmann 227Nicholas Adams17 Johann Baptist Metz 241J. Matthew Ashley18 Political Theologies in Asia 256Aloysius Pieris19 Black Political Theologies 271M. Shawn Copeland20 Gustavo Gutiérrez 288Roberto S. Goizueta21 Stanley Hauerwas 302R. R. RenoPart III Constructive Political Theology 31722 Trinity 319Kathryn Tanner23 Creation 333Peter Scott24 Christology 348Raymund Schwager25 Atonement 363Timothy J. Gorringe26 Spirit 377Mark Lewis Taylor27 Church 393William T. Cavanaugh28 Eschatology 407Robert W. Jenson Part IV Structures and Movements 42129 State and Civil Society 423Daniel M. Bell, Jr. 30 Democracy 439John W. de Gruchy 31 Critical Theory 455Marsha Aileen Hewitt 32 Postmodernism 471Catherine Pickstock 33 Globalization 486Peter Sedgwick Part V Perspectives 50134 The Islamic Quest for Sociopolitical Justice  503Bustami Mohamed Khir35 Abrahamic Theo-politics: A Jewish View 519Peter Ochs Index of Names and Subjects 535Index of Biblical References 563