Christian Anarchism
Subtitle: A Political Commentary on the Gospel
Publisher: Imprint Academic
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Exeter, UK
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781845401931
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: vii; title: Introduction---Christian ``Anarchism''?
pagenum: 1; title: Locating Christian Anarchism
pagenum: 2; title: In political theology
pagenum: 2; title: In political thought
pagenum: 4; title: Outlining Christian Anarchism
pagenum: 10; title: Aims, limits, and originality
pagenum: 10; title: Technical issues
pagenum: 13; title: The structure of this book
pagenum: 16; title: Christian Anarchist ``Thinkers''
pagenum: 16; title: Leo Tolstoy
pagenum: 17; title: Jacques Ellul
pagenum: 20; title: Vernard Eller
pagenum: 22; title: Michael C. Elliott
pagenum: 22; title: Dave Andrews
pagenum: 23; title: Key writers in the Catholic Worker movement
pagenum: 24; title: Writers behind other Christian anarchist publications
pagenum: 29; title: William Lloyd Garrison
pagenum: 32; title: Hugh O. Pentecost
pagenum: 33; title: Nicolas Berdyaev
pagenum: 33; title: William T. Cavanaugh
pagenum: 34; title: Jonathan Bartley
pagenum: 35; title: Christian anarcho-capitalists
pagenum: 35; title: George Tarleton
pagenum: 37; title: Supportive thinkers
pagenum: 37; title: PART I - THE CHRISTIAN ANARCHIST CRITIQUE OF THE STATE
pagenum: 42; title: The Sermon on the Mount: A Manifesto for Christian Anarchism
pagenum: 43; title: Resist Not Evil
pagenum: 45; title: Jesus' three illustrations
pagenum: 45; title: A purposeful reaction
pagenum: 47; title: Beyond lex talionis
pagenum: 49; title: The cycle of violence
pagenum: 50; title: Overcoming of the cycle of violence
pagenum: 54; title: Anarchist implications
pagenum: 57; title: Judge Not
pagenum: 61; title: Love Your Enemies
pagenum: 63; title: Swear Not at All
pagenum: 67; title: The Golden Rule
pagenum: 69; title: Reflections on Other Passages in the Sermon
pagenum: 70; title: Be not angry
pagenum: 70; title: Commit no adultery
pagenum: 73; title: Seek no praise
pagenum: 74; title: The Beatitudes
pagenum: 74; title: Worry not about security
pagenum: 75; title: Be the salt and the light
pagenum: 76; title: Fulfilling the Old Law
pagenum: 76; title: A Manifesto for Christian Anarchism
pagenum: 80; title: The Anarchism Implied in Jesus' Other Teachings and Example
pagenum: 83; title: The Old Testament
pagenum: 84; title: Samuel 8
pagenum: 84; title: Other Old Testament passages
pagenum: 88; title: Expectations of a Political Messiah
pagenum: 91; title: Jesus' Third Temptation in the Wilderness
pagenum: 92; title: Exorcisms and Miracle Healings
pagenum: 95; title: Forgive Seventy-Seven Times
pagenum: 97; title: Not Judging one Another
pagenum: 98; title: Being Servants
pagenum: 100; title: The Temple Cleansing
pagenum: 102; title: Jesus' Arrest
pagenum: 106; title: Jesus' Trial
pagenum: 110; title: Jesus' Crucifixion
pagenum: 114; title: Paul's ``powers''
pagenum: 114; title: The defeat of the powers
pagenum: 116; title: The crucified ``messiah''
pagenum: 117; title: The crux of Jesus' political teaching
pagenum: 118; title: Taking up the cross
pagenum: 120; title: Jesus' Resurrection
pagenum: 121; title: Revelation
pagenum: 123; title: Allegedly Violent Passages
pagenum: 126; title: Jesus' Anarchist Teaching and Example
pagenum: 128; title: The State's Wickedness and the Church's Infidelity
pagenum: 130; title: The History of Christendom
pagenum: 131; title: Constantine's temptation of the early church
pagenum: 131; title: Christendom and beyond
pagenum: 136; title: The Modern State and Economy
pagenum: 137; title: The ``state''
pagenum: 137; title: State violence
pagenum: 140; title: State deception
pagenum: 142; title: Economic exploitation
pagenum: 147; title: The state as idolatry
pagenum: 152; title: Church Doctrine in Support of the State
pagenum: 155; title: Reinterpretations of Jesus' commandments in the Sermon on the Mount
pagenum: 156; title: Reinterpretations of non-resistance
pagenum: 158; title: Support for political authority
pagenum: 164; title: Deceptive Dogmas
pagenum: 167; title: Sanctimonious self-righteousness
pagenum: 167; title: Obscure rituals and beliefs
pagenum: 169; title: Institutional religion
pagenum: 175; title: Awakening to True Christianity
pagenum: 177; title: PART II - THE CHRISTIAN ANARCHIST RESPONSE
pagenum: 179; title: Responding to the State
pagenum: 180; title: Paul's Letter to Roman Christians
pagenum: 181; title: Paul's weaknesses
pagenum: 182; title: The Christian anarchist exegesis: subversive subjection
pagenum: 183; title: Similar passages in the New Testament
pagenum: 191; title: Jesus' Advice on Taxes
pagenum: 192; title: Caesar's things and God's things
pagenum: 193; title: The temple tax and fish episode
pagenum: 196; title: Pondering the Role of Civil Disobedience
pagenum: 198; title: Against civil disobedience
pagenum: 198; title: For (non-violent) civil disobedience
pagenum: 199; title: Obedience to God
pagenum: 201; title: Disregarding the Organs of the State
pagenum: 203; title: Holding office and voting
pagenum: 203; title: Paying taxes
pagenum: 204; title: Conscription and war
pagenum: 205; title: Other state services
pagenum: 205; title: On Revolutionary Methods
pagenum: 206; title: No compromise with violence
pagenum: 207; title: Revolution by example
pagenum: 210; title: Collective witness as the True Church
pagenum: 215; title: ``A New Society Within the Shell of the Old''
pagenum: 216; title: Repenting and joining the church
pagenum: 216; title: An economy of care and sacrifice
pagenum: 218; title: Subversive organisation
pagenum: 223; title: A Difficult Mission
pagenum: 226; title: Dealing with evil in the community
pagenum: 226; title: Heroic sacrifices by church members
pagenum: 232; title: Trust in God
pagenum: 235; title: A beacon of faith
pagenum: 235; title: The mysterious growth of a mustard seed
pagenum: 238; title: Examples of Christian Anarchist Witness
pagenum: 242; title: Pre-Modern Examples
pagenum: 243; title: Early Christians
pagenum: 243; title: The Middle Ages and the Reformation
pagenum: 246; title: Modern Examples
pagenum: 251; title: Garrison and his followers
pagenum: 251; title: Ballou and the Hopedale community
pagenum: 252; title: Tolstoy's personal example
pagenum: 252; title: Tolstoyism and Tolstoyan colonies
pagenum: 254; title: Gandhi: a leader by example
pagenum: 258; title: The Catholic Worker movement
pagenum: 260; title: A Pinch of Salt and the Digger and Christian Anarchist
pagenum: 262; title: Online communities
pagenum: 264; title: Andrews' community work
pagenum: 265; title: Incomplete Examples
pagenum: 266; title: CONCLUSION - THE PROPHETIC ROLE OF CHRISTIAN ANARCHISM
pagenum: 268; title: ``Christian Anarchists'' and ``Christian Anarchism''
pagenum: 269; title: The Kingdom of God in History
pagenum: 271; title: ``Hastening'' God's kingdom
pagenum: 271; title: History's mysterious unfolding
pagenum: 273; title: The temptation of normal political action
pagenum: 276; title: Relentless Prophecy at the Margins
pagenum: 281; title: Love, justice, and social ontology
pagenum: 281; title: Christian anarchists as prophets
pagenum: 285; title: Distinguishing church and state
pagenum: 289; title: Christian Anarchism's Original Contribution
pagenum: 291; title: Epilogue
pagenum: 297; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 299; title: Index
pagenum: 322