Rights, Recognition, and the Order of Shalom: On Wolterstorff’s Political Theology

Nicholas Wolterstorff’s The Mighty and the Almighty is an intervention in the field of Christian political theology. He argues that traditional political theology in both its premodern and contemporary forms has tended to fall into perfectionist and providentialist traps, allowing the state to claim...

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Main Author: Henreckson, David P. 1985- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2014
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2014, Volume: 27, Issue: 4, Pages: 453-473
Further subjects:B Rights
B Nicholas Wolterstorff
B John Calvin
B Authority
B Church and state
B Political Theology
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