01705nam a2200277 a 450000500170000000800200001702000300003704100080006708200120007508200120008710000220009910000110012124500260013224500410015824500460019926000110024526000330025626000090028930000110029830000290030930000090033852009500034765000350129765000300133285600650136220260119071249.02024-02-01 09:33:10  a9780802849755, 080284975X  aeng  a261.709  bO26-O48  aO'Donovan, Oliver  eAuthor  aBonds of Imperfection  bChristian Politics, Past and Present  cOliver O'Donovan, Joan Lockwood O'Donovan  aU.S.A.  bWilliam B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.  c2004  a324tr.  bPaperback, illustrations  c24cm  aTwo of today's leading experts on the Christian political tradition plumb significant moments in premodern Christian political thought, using them in original and adventurous ways to clarify, criticize, and redirect contemporary political perspectives and discussions. Drawing on the Bible and the Western history of ideas, Oliver and Joan Lockwood O'Donovan explore key Christian voices on ""the political"" - political action, political institutions, and political society. Covered here are Bonaventure, Thomas, Ockham, Wycliff, Erasmus, Luther, Grotius, Barth, Ramsey, and key modern papal encyclicals. The authors' discussion takes them across a wide range of political concerns, from economics and personal freedom to liberal democracy and the nature of statehood. Ultimately, these insightful essays point to political judgment as the strength of the past theological tradition and its eclipse as the weakness of present political thought.  aChristian sociology -- History  aChristianity and politics4 uhttps://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/13532/b.jpgyCover Image