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Jacques Ellul blends politics, theology, history, and exposition in this analysis of the relationship between political anarchy and biblical faith. On the one hand, suggests Ellul, anarchists need to understand that much of their criticism of Christianity applies only to the form of religion that developed, not to biblical faith. Christians, on the other hand, need to look at the biblical texts and not reject anarchy as a political option, for it seems closest to biblical thinking. Ellul here defines anarchy as the nonviolent repudiation of authority. He looks at the Bible as the source of anarchy (in the sense of nondomination, not disorder), working through the Old Testament history, Jesus` ministry, and finally the early church`s view of power as reflected in the New Testament writings."With the verve and the gift of trenchant simplification to which we have been accustomed, Ellul lays bare the fallacy that Christianity should normally be the ally of civil authority." - John Howard Yoder.

chapter INTRODUCTION -- chapter 1 THE LIMITS OF NATURAL LAW -- chapter 2 CICERO AND THE POLITICSOF THE PUBLIC ORTHODOXY -- chapter 3 THE PROBLEM OFPOLITICAL POWER AND T HEFORCES OF DARKNESS -- chapter 4 SIR JOHN FORTESCUE AND T H EENGLISH TRADITION -- chapter 5 DONOSO CORTES AND T H EMEANING OF POLITICAL POWER -- chapter 6 THE NATURAL LAW TRADITION AND THE AMERICAN POLITICAL EXPERIENCE -- chapter 7 PROFESSOR VOEGELIN AND THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION -- chapter 8 JAFFA, THE STRAUSS, AND THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION.

"Reconceiving politics in a theological framework, Christianity, Politics, and the Predicament of Evil argues for a constructive ethic that affirms both soulcraft and statecraft as essential elements of Christians' political vocation and specifies the appropriate terms of their relationship"--

Reconceiving politics in a theological framework, Christianity, Politics, and the Predicament of Evil argues for a constructive ethic that affirms both soulcraft and statecraft as essential elements of Christians' political vocation and specifies the appropriate terms of their relationship.

Robert Song discusses the different aspects and interpretations of liberalism with reference to the critiques of three 20th century theologians, and concludes with an account of the critical but supportive stance he believes Christian theology should take

Includes index. ; Bibliography: p. viii. ; Mode of access: Internet.