Faith and Politics After Christendom
Subtitle: The Church as a Movement for Anarchy
By: Jonathan Bartley
Series: After Christendom
Publisher: Paternoster Press
Published: 2007-01-01
Place of publication: Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781842273487
Copyright date: 2006
Subjects: Christianity; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Theology; Christian Church - General; Religion; Religion - Theology
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: Series Preface
pagenum: ix; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: viii; title: Foreword
pagenum: xv; title: Introduction
pagenum: xix; label: 1.
title: On Leaving Government
pagenum: 1; label: 2.
title: Politics Pre-Christendom
pagenum: 12; label: 3.
title: The Changes in Christendom
pagenum: 32; label: 4.
title: Opportunity Knocks
pagenum: 53; label: 5.
title: The New Radicalisation
pagenum: 70; label: 6.
title: Uncritical Engagement
pagenum: 92; label: 7.
title: Signs of Contradiction
pagenum: 111; label: 8.
title: The New Deal
pagenum: 131; label: 9.
title: Future Imperfect
pagenum: 150; label: 10.
title: The State We Are Not In
pagenum: 168; label: 11.
title: Enemy of the State
pagenum: 183; label: 12.
title: A Loving Witness
pagenum: 201; label: 13.
title: Getting Our Hands Dirty
pagenum: 215; title: Select Bibliography
pagenum: 230