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  • The Promise of Martin Luther's Political Theology

    Freeing Luther from the Modern Political Narrative

    by Dr Michael Richard Laffin ...
    Series series T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics
    Michael Laffin demonstrates the promise of Martin Luther's thought for contemporary political theology by showing how Luther has been over-determined in standard genealogies of modernity which frequently deafen us to his unique contribution.Laffin argues that contemporary theologians have typically followed a narrative derived from the work of a previous generation of political historians and ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Uncivil Disobedience

    Theological Perspectives

    by David M. Gides, Nick Braune, Joan Braune, Joshua W. Carpenter, André Gagné, Ryan R. Gladwin, Jordan E. Miller, Anna Floerke Scheid, Matthew A. Shadle, Matthew J. Tuininga0, Candice Delmas1, Michael Laffin2, John Witte Jr.3 ...
    This book addresses the need for theological reflection on uncivil disobedience. Existing scholarship in theology and politics mostly treats church-state relations theoretically, with studies in non-violent resistance or civil disobedience, or in other ways largely assuming traditional forms of governance and means of protest—all while paying little to no attention to post-modern political ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

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  • The Hauerwas Reader

    by Stanley Hauerwas ...
    Stanley Hauerwas is one of the most widely read and oft-cited theologians writing today. A prolific lecturer and author, he has been at the forefront of key developments in contemporary theology, ranging from narrative theology to the “recovery of virtue.” Yet despite his prominence and the esteem reserved for his thought, his work has never before been collected in a single volume that provides a ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Faith and Politics After Christendom

    The Church as a Movement for Anarchy

    by Jonathan Bartley ...
    This groundbreaking book examines the anarchic aspects of Jesus' message, and suggests that the demise of the church as pillar of social order gives it a fresh opportunity to exercise its prophetic role - challenging injustice, shaking institutions and undermining some of the central values and norms on which post-Christian society is built. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Theonomics

    Reconnecting Economics with Virtue and Integrity

    by Andrew Lightbown, Peter Sills, Richard Backhouse, Nick Bion, Frank Canosa, Keith Croxton, Nick Fane, Alan Hargrave0, Rosie Harper1, Alan Wilson2 ...
    At a time when economics, banking and commerce are never out of the headlines, Theonomics asks if theology is capable of informing, shaping and penetrating all aspects of life, and especially economic life. Theonomics argues for the recovery of the classic virtues of prudence, temperance, fortitude, justice and humility as animators of a lively and Godly economy.Six key principles are offered to ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Becoming a Bishop

    A Theological Handbook of Episcopal Ministry

    by The Rev. Professor Paul Avis ...
    Why Bishops? What's so special about Bishops? What are Bishops called to and how best can they do it? This book is the single resource of answers to all the questions one could conceivably have about what a Bishop is and their function and purpose in the Church.Paul Avis offers a fascinating account of the ministerial identity of the bishop, and in particular the tasks and roles of episcopal ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • The Evil That Men Do

    Faith, Injustice and the Church

    by Marcus Paul ...
    At a time when barbarous acts of terrorism are being committed globally and society ponders whether the perpetrators are legitimate religious adherents, Marcus Paul makes an unflinching and counter-cultural examination of some of the worst periods in the Church's history.Were the crusades entirely inexcusable religious wars? Was the Inquisition the bloody and sadistic "Black Legend" of popular ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Theological Ethics and Moral Value Phenomena

    The Experience of Values

    Edited by Steven C. van den Heuvel, Patrick Nullens, Angela Roothaan ...
    The experience of moral values is often side-lined in discussions about moral reasoning, and yet our values define a large part of our moral motives, standards and expectations. Theological Ethics and Moral Value Phenomena explores whether the experience of a meeting point of the immanent and the transcendent, i.e. the moral self and God, can be the source of our values.The book starts by arguing ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Cain, Abel, and the Politics of God

    An Agambenian reading of Genesis 4:1-16

    by Julián Andrés González Holguín ...
    Series series Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Biblical Criticism
    The Genesis story of Cain’s murder of Abel is often told as a simplistic contrast between the innocence of Abel and the evil of Cain. This book subverts that reading of the Biblical text by utilising Giorgio Agamben’s concepts of homo sacer, the state of exception and the idea of sovereignty to re-examine this well-known tale of fratricide and bring to the fore its political implications.Drawing ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Theological Neuroethics

    Christian Ethics Meets the Science of the Human Brain

    by Dr Neil Messer ...
    Series series T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics
    Neil Messer brings together a range of theoretical and practical questions raised by current research on the human brain: questions about both the 'ethics of neuroscience' and the 'neuroscience of ethics'. While some of these are familiar to theologians, others have been more or less ignored hitherto, and the field of neuroethics as a whole has received little theological attention.Drawing on both ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Protestant Virtue and Stoic Ethics

    by Professor Elizabeth Agnew Cochran ...
    Series series T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics
    The Stoics are known to have been a decisive influence on early Christian moral thought, but the import of this influence for contemporary Christian ethics has been underexplored. Elizabeth Agnew Cochran argues that attention to the Stoics enriches a Christian understanding of the virtues, illuminating precisely how historical Protestant theology gives rise to a distinctive virtue ethic. Through ... Read more

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  • The Sheed and Ward Anthology of Catholic Philosophy

    Edited by James C. Swindal, Harry J. Gensler, SJ ...
    Series series A Sheed & Ward Classic
    The Sheed & Ward Anthology of Catholic Philosophy is a thorough introduction to the evolution of Catholic philosophy from Biblical times to the present day. The first comprehensive collection of readings from Catholic philosophers, this volume aims to sharpen the understanding of Catholic philosophy by grouping together the best examples of this tradition, both well-known classics and lesser-known ... Read more

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