Political Church: The Local Assembly as Embassy of Christ's RuleThe church is political. Theologians have been debating this claim for years. Liberationists, Anabaptists, Augustinians, neo-Calvinists, Radical Orthodox, and others continue to discuss the matter. What do we mean by politics and the political? What are the limits of the church's political reach? What is the nature of the church as an institution? How do we establish these claims theologically? Jonathan Leeman sets out to address these questions in this Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture volume. Drawing on covenant theology and the "new institutionalism" in political science, Leeman critiques political liberalism and explores how the biblical canon informs an account of the local church as an embassy of Christ's kingdom. Political Church heralds a new era in political theology. Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture, edited by Daniel J. Treier and Kevin J. Vanhoozer, promotes evangelical contributions to systematic theology, seeking fresh understanding of Christian doctrine through creatively faithful engagement with Scripture in dialogue with church. |
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Introduction | 21 |
1 What Is Politics? | 55 |
2 What Is an Institution? | 98 |
3 The Politics of Creation | 142 |
4 The Politics of the Fall | 172 |
5 The Politics of the New Covenant | 239 |
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The Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture Series | 405 |
Praise for Political Church | 406 |
About the Author | 408 |
More Titles from InterVarsity Press | 409 |
Academic Textbook Selector | 410 |
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