Uncivil Disobedience

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We live in hyper-partisan times with dire consequences to the breakdown in public trust and concomitant political dysfunction and social dislocation we face. Meanwhile, serious theological inquiry has been increasingly relegated, either as a relic of the past or an inaccessible realm reserved for academic and religious specialists. Does contemporary theology have anything to offer to our current situation of political turmoil? Can it help us understand different modes of political protest, different claims to moral authority, and different rationales for resistance and protest? This book answers these questions with a resounding YES, and in so doing, not only shows what can be learned from well-known historical figures and standard teachings and theories but also, and most interestingly, navigates the thickets surrounding the difficult questions about our present forms of political order, power, and mobilization. -- Jeffrey W. Robbins, Lebanon Valley College, author of <i>Radical Democracy and Political Theology</i> When the rules of social engagement are insufficient to address systemic injustices, a breach in the decorum becomes an imperative. Uncivil Disobedience responds to a context such as this by offering insightful resources for Christian theologians and ethicists unwilling to conform to an unjust world order and who are willing to take a risk for justice through acts of disobedience. -- Filipe Maia, Boston University School of Theology