The Reign of God
A Critical Engagement with Oliver O'Donovan's Theology of Political Authority
1st Edition
Published on 28. July 2022
168 pages
978-0-567-70749-9 (ISBN)
Description
The Reign of God constitutes 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 esse in the form of Christian liberalism.
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 esse in the form of Christian liberalism.
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-567-70749-9 (9780567707499)
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The Reign of God
A Critical Engagement with Oliver O'Donovan's Theology of Political Authority
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Jonathan Cole is Assistant Director at the Centre for Religion, Ethics and Society, Charles Sturt University, Australia.
Content
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
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
