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The Desire of the Nations: Rediscovering the Roots of Political Theology
Oliver O´donovan
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Political theology as we know it today reacts against the attempt to insulate theology from political theory which has generally characterised the modern era. But its own intellectual parentage in the idealist historicism of the nineteenth century has left it still entrammelled in the suspicions and inhibitions from which it has wanted to break free. Oliver O'Donovan contends that to pass beyond suspicion and totalised criticism of politics and to achieve a positive reconstruction of political thought, theology must reach back behind the modern tradition, achieving a fuller, less selective reading of the Scriptures and learning from an older politico-theological ... Read more
Political theology as we know it today reacts against the attempt to insulate theology from political theory which has generally characterised the modern era. But its own intellectual parentage in the idealist historicism of the nineteenth century has left it still entrammelled in the suspicions and inhibitions from which it has wanted to break free. Oliver O'Donovan contends that to pass beyond suspicion and totalised criticism of politics and to achieve a positive reconstruction of political thought, theology must reach back behind the modern tradition, achieving a fuller, less selective reading of the Scriptures and learning from an older politico-theological ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521665162
SKU
V9780521665162
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Reviews for The Desire of the Nations: Rediscovering the Roots of Political Theology
'Above all ... it is the book's ability to stimulate and enrich debate about the shape of a Christian political ethic which emerges most clearly ...'. Studies in Christian Ethics 'O'Donovan's masterful work should be read by everyone interested in the daunting complexities of the political theology of Israel, Christendom, and now post-Christendom.' Theological Studies '... a powerful argument by ... Read more