The Desire of the Nations <subTitle>Rediscovering the Roots of Political Theology</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>O'Donovan, Oliver</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">6:4</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">UK</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Cambridge University Press</publisher> <dateIssued>1999</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>304tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback, Illustration</extent> <extent>23 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>This book by Oliver O'Donovan is a work of systematic Christian political thought, combining Biblical interpretation, historical discussion of the Western political and theological tradition, theoretical construction and critical engagement with contemporary views. It argues for an alternative to political theology, one that is more politically constructive than the dominant models of the past generation.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Oliver O'Donovan</note> <subject> <topic>Christianity -- Church philosophy</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Kingdom of God</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Political theology</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">261.7</classification> <classification authority="ddc">O26-O48</classification> <identifier type="isbn">0521665167, 9780521665162</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15045/61ibtyig94l-sy466.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15045/61ibtyig94l-sy466.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071432.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>