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<p>Contributors viii</p> <p>Introduction 1<br /> <i>William T. Cavanaugh and Peter Scott</i></p> <p><b>Part I Traditioned Resources: Scripture, Traditions, Liturgy 5</b></p> <p>1 Scripture: Old Testament 7<br /> <i>Walter Brueggemann</i></p> <p>2 Scripture: New Testament 21<br /> <i>Christopher Rowland</i></p> <p>3 Augustine 35<br /> <i>Jean Bethke Elshtain</i></p> <p>4 Aquinas 48<br /> <i>Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt</i></p> <p>5 The Reformation 62<br /> <i>Andrew Bradstock</i></p> <p>6 Liturgy 76<br /> <i>Bernd Wannenwetsch</i></p> <p><b>Part II Political Theologies: Survey 91</b></p> <p>7 Eastern Orthodox Thought 93<br /> <i>Michael Plekon</i></p> <p>8 Carl Schmitt 107<br /> <i>Michael Hollerich</i></p> <p>9 Karl Barth 123<br /> <i>Haddon Willmer</i></p> <p>10 Dietrich Bonhoeffer 136<br /> <i>Stanley Hauerwas</i></p> <p>11 John Courtney Murray 150<br /> <i>Michael J. Baxter</i></p> <p>12 William Temple 165<br /> <i>Alan M. Suggate</i></p> <p>13 Reinhold Niebuhr180<br /> <i>William Werpehowski</i></p> <p>14 Feminist Theology, Southern 194<br /> <i>Kwok Pui-lan</i></p> <p>15 Feminist Theology, Northern 210<br /> <i>Elaine Graham</i></p> <p>16 Jürgen Moltmann 227<br /> <i>Nicholas Adams</i></p> <p>17 Johann Baptist Metz 241<br /> <i>J. Matthew Ashley</i></p> <p>18 Political Theologies in Asia 256<br /> <i>Aloysius Pieris</i></p> <p>19 Black Political Theologies 271<br /> <i>M. Shawn Copeland</i></p> <p>20 Gustavo Gutiérrez 288<br /> <i>Roberto S. Goizueta</i></p> <p>21 Stanley Hauerwas 302<br /> <i>R. R. Reno</i></p> <p><b>Part III Constructive Political Theology 317</b></p> <p>22 Trinity 319<br /> <i>Kathryn Tanner</i></p> <p>23 Creation 333<br /> <i>Peter Scott</i></p> <p>24 Christology 348<br /> <i>Raymund Schwager</i></p> <p>25 Atonement 363<br /> <i>Timothy J. Gorringe</i></p> <p>26 Spirit 377<br /> <i>Mark Lewis Taylor</i></p> <p>27 Church 393<br /> <i>William T. Cavanaugh</i></p> <p>28 Eschatology 407<br /> <i>Robert W. Jenson </i></p> <p><b>Part IV Structures and Movements 421</b></p> <p>29 State and Civil Society 423<br /> <i>Daniel M. Bell, Jr. </i></p> <p>30 Democracy 439<br /> <i>John W. de Gruchy </i></p> <p>31 Critical Theory 455<br /> <i>Marsha Aileen Hewitt </i></p> <p>32 Postmodernism 471<br /> <i>Catherine Pickstock </i></p> <p>33 Globalization 486<br /> <i>Peter Sedgwick </i></p> <p><b>Part V Perspectives 501</b></p> <p>34 The Islamic Quest for Sociopolitical Justice <i> </i>503<br /> <i>Bustami Mohamed Khir</i></p> <p>35 Abrahamic Theo-politics: A Jewish View 519<br /> <i>Peter Ochs </i></p> <p>Index of Names and Subjects 535</p> <p>Index of Biblical References 563</p>

"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." <i>Stephen H. Webb, Wabash College, Indiana</i> <br /> <p>"An excellent resource for both teaching and research, this anthology is recommended for every theology library." <i>Daniel J. Kuntz, Brescia University, Owensboro</i><br /> </p> <p>“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.” <i>Duncan Forrester, University of Edinburgh</i><br /> </p> <p><br /> “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.”<br /> <i>Timothy D. Lincoln<br /> Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary</i></p>

<b>Peter M. Scott</b> 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 <i>Theology, Ideology and Liberation</i> (1994) and <i>A Political Theology of Nature</i> (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.<br /> <p><b>William T. Cavanaugh</b> is Associate Professor of Theology at the University of St Thomas in St Paul, Minnesota, USA. He is the author of <i>Torture and Eucharist</i> (Blackwell, 1998) and <i>Theopolitical Imagination</i> (2003).</p>

<p>Written by a team of international experts, this <i>Companion</i> provides the first comprehensive survey and interpretation of contemporary Christian political theology.</p> <p>The <i>Companion</i> comprises 35 freshly commissioned essays that embody the best current thinking in the field. These essays:</p> <ul> <li>explore the political aspects of Christian sources such as scripture and liturgy</li> <li>consider the interface of theology with political ideologies, including the contribution of theology to feminist, ecological, black, and pacifist movements</li> <li>assess the contribution of major political theologians and theological movements</li> <li>indicate how central Christian doctrines such as the Trinity and atonement have politics embedded within them</li> <li>show how theology impacts upon present-day political issues.</li> </ul> <p>The contributors are drawn from various traditions of political theology, but all of them demonstrate that Christian theology is inherently political, and that politics is properly illuminated by Christian perspectives.</p>

"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." <i>Stephen H. Webb, Wabash College, Indiana</i> <br /> <p>"An excellent resource for both teaching and research, this anthology is recommended for every theology library." <i>Daniel J. Kuntz, Brescia University, Owensboro</i><br /> </p> <p>“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.” <i>Duncan Forrester, University of Edinburgh</i><br /> </p> <p><br /> “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.”<br /> <i>Timothy D. Lincoln<br /> Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary</i></p>

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