Description
This book provides an essential resource for studies in religion and politics. It is divided into three parts, beginning with an introduction outlining the contemporary relevance of reviewing the relationship between the two subject areas; a brief history of the interactions between religion and politics that have pertained both in East and the West, and the key concepts that relate these two fields. The second section comprises a selection of classic readings. This title is ideal for students of both religion and politics and general readers who are interested in the topics.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
General Introduction
Section I: The Division of Christ’s political body
1. Augustine
Introduction
Excerpt from City of God
2. Aquinas
Introduction
Excerpt from De Regno
3. Dante
Introduction
Excerpt from De Monarchia
4. Luther
Introduction
Excerpts from Address to the German Noblemen &
On the Misuse of Secular Power
SECTION II: The Legitimation of Sovereign Power
5. Machiavelli
Introduction
Excerpt from The Discourses
6. King James VI/I
Introduction
Excerpt from The True Law of Free Monarchies
7. Hobbes
Introduction
Excerpt from Leviathan
Author(s)
Michael Hoelzl, Michael Hoelzl is Lecturer in Philosophy of Religion at the University of Manchester, UK.
Graham Ward, Graham Ward is Professor of Contextual Theology and Ethics at the University of Manchester, UK.
Reviews
"This is a stimulating collection , with good bibliographical pointers, that opens up major questions for readers at every level"
Theological Book Review Vol. 19 No. 1 2007
nicholas Sagovsky,