The Blackwell Companion to Political Theology

Peter M. Scott is Senior Lecturer in Christian Social Thought and Director of the Lincoln Theological Institute at the University of Manchester, UK. He is the author of Theology, Ideology and Liberation (1994) and A Political Theology of Nature (2003). He is a member of the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton and the Manchester Centre for Public Theology, and is a director of the Manchester Research Institute for Religion and Civil Society. William T. Cavanaugh is Associate Professor of Theology at the University of St Thomas in St Paul, Minnesota, USA. He is the author of Torture and Eucharist (Blackwell, 1998) and Theopolitical Imagination (2003).

Contributors.
Introduction.
Part I: Traditioned Resources: Scripture, Traditions, Liturgy:.
1. Scripture: Old Testament: Walter Brueggemann (Columbia Theological Seminary).
2. Scripture: New Testament: Christopher Rowland (Queen's College, Oxford).
3. Augustine: Jean Bethke Elshtain (University of Chicago).
4. Aquinas: Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt (Loyola College in Maryland).
5. The Reformation: Andrew Bradstock (United Reformed Church).
6. Liturgy: Bernd Wannenwetsch (Harris Manchester College).
Part II: Political Theologies: Survey:.
7. Eastern Orthodox Thought: Michael Plekon (City University, New York).
8. Carl Schmitt: Michael Hollerich (University of St Thomas).
9. Karl Barth: Haddon Willmer (University of Leeds).
10. Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Stanley Hauerwas (Duke Divinity School).
11. John Courtney Murray: Michael J. Baxter (University of Notre Dame).
12. William Temple: Alan M. Suggate (University of Durham).
13. Reinhold Niebuhr: William Werpehowski (Villanova University).
14. Feminist Theology, Southern: Kwok Pui-Lan (Epicopal Divinity School, Cambridge).
15. Feminist Theology, Northern: Elaine Graham (University of Manchester).
16. Jurgen Moltmann: Nicholas Adams (University of Edinburgh).
17. Johann Baptist Metz: J. Matthew Ashley (University of Notre Dame).
18. Political Theologies in Asia: Aloysius Pieris (Tulana Research Centre, Sri Lanka).
19. Black Political Theologies: M. Shawn Copeland (Marquette University).
20. Gustavo Gutierrez: Roberto S. Goizueta (Boston College).
21. Stanley Hauerwas: R.R. Reno (Creighton University).
Part III: Constructive Political Theology:.
22. Trinity: Kathryn Tanner (University of Chicago).
23. Creation: Peter Scott (University of Manchester).
24. Christology: Raymund Schwager (Institute fur Systematiche Theologie, Austria).
25. Atonement: Timothy J. Gorringe (University of Exeter).
26. Spirit: Mark Lewis Taylor (Princeton Theological Seminary).
27. Church: William T. Cavanaugh (University of St Thomas).
28. Eschatology: Robert W. Jenson (Centre of Theological Inquiry, Princeton).
Part IV: Structures And Movements:.
29. State And Civil Society: Daniel M. Bell, Jr. (Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary).
30. Democracy: John W. de Gruchy (University of Cape Town).
31. Critical Theory: Marsha Aileen Hewitt (Trinity College, Toronto).
32. Postmodernism: Catherine Pickstock (Emmanuel College, Cambridge).
33. Globalization: Peter Sedgwick (UK).
Part V: Perspectives:.
34. The Islamic Quest For Sociopolitical Justice: Bustami Mohamed Khir (University of Birmingham).
35. Abrahamic Theo-Politics: A Jewish View: Peter Ochs (University of Virginia).
Index of Names and Subjects.
Index of Biblical References.