The Ways of Judgement

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2008. gada 29. janv. - 352 lappuses
In this probing book Oliver O'Donovan extends the exploration into the correspondence between theology and politics that he began in The Desire of the Nations. While that earlier work took as its starting point the biblical proclamation of God's authority, The Ways of Judgment approaches political theology from the political side. Responsive to developments such as the uncertain role of the United Nations after the Cold War and the expansion of the European Union, O'Donovan also draws on the extensive tradition of Christian political thought and a range of contemporary theologians.

Rather than supposing, as does some political theology, that the right political orientations are well understood and that theological beliefs should be renegotiated to fit them, O'Donovan considers contemporary social and political realities to be impenetrably obscure and elusive. Finding the gospel proclamation luminous by contrast, O'Donovan sheds light from the Christian faith upon the intricate challenge of seeking the good in late-modern Western society.

Pursuing his analysis in three movements, O'Donovan first considers the paradigmatic political act, the act of judgment, and then takes up the question of forming political institutions through representation. Finally, he tackles the opposition between political institutions and the church, provocatively investigating how Christians can be the community instructed by Jesus to "judge not."

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The Act of Judgment
3
Imperfectibility 13 31 52 67 84
13
Justice and Equality
31
Political Judgment
63
Mercy
84
Punishment
101
Political Authority
127
Representation
149
The Powers of Government
186
International Judgment
211
Judge Not
231
Communication
242
Household and City
261
The Longest Part
293
Index of Names and Titles of Anonymous Works
320
Index of Scriptural References
328

Legitimacy
164

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Oliver O'Donovan is a fellow of the British Academy and professor emeritus of Christian ethics and practical theology at the University of Edinburgh. His other books include The Desire of the Nations, The Ways of Judgment, and Resurrection and Moral Order.

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