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"Originally published in 1916." ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Mode of access: Internet.

"Awarded the Maitland prize at Cambridge in 1915"-Pref. ; Mode of access: Internet.

A review essay on a book by Maeve Sherlock, Luke Bretherton, Christianity and Contemporary Politics: The Conditions and Possibilities of Faithful Witness (Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).

'Compromising Positions' argues that sex scandals aren't really about sex. Rather, they are a form of cultural theatre - a moment of highly visible, public storytelling - the purpose of which is to use specific racial and gendered symbols to create a collective sense of national worth and strength. To arrive at this conclusion, the text charts the ways in which attitudes about gender, race, and religion are woven together to create a certain sort of rhetoric about what America is, who is eligible to formally represent it, and what types of religiosity such leaders must display in order to legitimize their power.

"Awarded the Maitland prize at Cambridge in 1915."--Pref. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Recent scholarship on The Prince interprets the classic work in the context of Machiavelli's sixteenth-century Italy, but this scholarship neglects the source on which the moral and political world of the sixteenth century was based, the Christian Bible. In this study of The Prince, William Parsons plumbs Machiavelli's allusions to the Bible, along with his statements on the church,and shows that Machiavelli was a careful reader of the Bible and an astute observer of the church. Machiavelli's teaching in The Prince, Parsons contends, might be instructively compared with that of the church's teacher, Jesus Christ. Parsons undertakes what recent interpreters of The Prince have not done: contrast Machiavelli's advice with the teachings of Christ. The result is a new reading of The Prince, revealing in Machiavelli's political thought a systematic critique of the teachings of the New Testament and its model for human life, Christ. In this study of the one of greatest works on politics ever written, Parsons not only challenges the most recent interpretations of The Prince but also gives new understanding to the reading that made Machiavelli famous. William Parsons is associate professor of political science at Carroll College.

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgment -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Russian Orthodoxy and Modernization: Seven Historical Snapshots -- 2.1 15th/16th century: The crisis of tradition -- 2.2 The crisis of belonging: The liturgical reforms of the 17th century -- 2.3 The crisis of the self-evident: Peter I's reforms and the synodal period -- 2.4 Religious-philosophical awakening in the 19th century -- 2.5 The Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church 1917-1918 -- 2.6 The Orthodox Church in the Soviet Union -- 2.7 The challenge of freedom: The end of the Soviet Union and the dawn of the 21st century -- 2.8 Summary: Central argumentation lines -- 3 Dogmatic Orientations and the Tension between Unity and Diversity -- 3.1 The incomprehensibility of the trinitarian unity of diversity -- 3.2 Human being between unity and multiplicity -- 3.3 Church communion as unity in diversity -- 3.4 Summary: The tension between unity and diversity as a paradigm of Russian Orthodox theology -- 4 Theological Answers to Secular Challenges? -- 4.1 The unity of the Church and diversity in the Church -- 4.2 The unity of the people and diversity of opinion -- 4.3 The unity of the world and cultural diversity -- 5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Sources -- Literature.

Drury regards the political problems of the modern world to be thoroughly Biblical. In the politics of the Twenty-first century, we find two equally arrogant and self-righteous civilizations confronting one another. Each is convinced that it is on the side of God, truth and justice, while its enemy is allied with Satan, wickedness and barbarism. The language of diplomacy and compromise has been replaced by the language of jihad or the struggle against the cosmic forces of evil. Life is radicalized; and all choices are polarized. Politics properly understood is eclipsed. Drury urges us to transcend the Biblical view of the world. Instead, she argues in favour of a genuinely liberal, secular and pluralistic understanding of politics.