Craig A. Carter, Rethinking Christ and Culture: A Post-Christendom Perspective. Brazos Press, 2007. Referenced in: Christian Political Theory and Church-State Relations LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a Carter’s reconsideration of the classic by H. Richard Niebuhr, Christ and Culture (1951). He reinterprets Niebuhr through an Anabaptist lens. For an introductory summary and assessment of this viewpoint,
H. Richard Niebuhr, Christ and Culture. Harper and Row, 1956. Referenced in: Christian Political Theory and Church-State Relations LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is expression of how Christians engage culture has been the standard for over half a century. Below is a summary of the Niebuhr’s five typologies of how churches engage the larger culture: Christ against
P. C. Kemeny, Clarke E. Cochran, Derek H. Davis, Ronald J. Sider, and Corwin Smidt, Church, State, and Public Justice: Five Views. IVP Academic, 2007. Referenced in: Christian Political Theory, Church and State Relations LifeandLeadership.com Summary The value of this book is the objectivity of five scholar-practitioners as they stand back from the fray and
Peter Scott and William T. Cavanaugh, The Blackwell Companion to Political Theology (Blackwell Companions to Religion). Wiley-Blackwell, 2006. Refernced in: Christian Political Theory and Church-State Relations LifeandLeadership.com Summary For many in the missional and emergent conversations today, the relationship of Christianity and politics is a given. This perspective is not shared by all. For those
David. P. Koyzis, Political Visions and Illusions: A Survey and Christian Critique of Contemporary Ideologies. IVP Academic, 2003. Referenced in: Christian Political Theory, Church and State Relations LifeandLeadership.com Summary For those active in ministries of social justice and compassion, the relationship of Christianity and politics is a given. Not all agree with this. For those
Francis J. Beckwith, Politics for Christians, Statecraft as Soulcraft (Christian Worldview Integration Series). IVP Academic, 2010. Referenced in: Christian Political Theory, Church and State Relations LifeandLeadership.com Summary Much of the missional and emergent conversations today emphasize the relationship of Christianity and politics. Not all agree with this emphasis. For those who arise from a tradition
David Fitch, The End of Evangelicalism? Discerning a New Faithfulness for Mission: Towards an Evangelical Political Theology. Cascade Books, 2011. Referenced in: Christian Political Theory, Church and State Relations LifeandLeadership.com Summary Since a major tenet of evangelicalism is the formation and maintenance of a Christian nation, it is by its own admission a form of
Wayne Grudem, Politics – According to the Bible: A Comprehensive Resource for Understanding Modern Political Issues in Light of Scripture. Zondervan, 2010. Referenced in: Christian Political Theory, Church and State Relations LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a scholarly, definitive view of the relationship between Christianity and politics from a conservative evangelical perspective. Grudem writes out of
James Davison Hunter, To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World. Oxford University Press, 2010. Referenced in: Christian Political Theory, Church and State Relations LifeandLeadership.com Summary With regard to how political theory informs the work of the church in the realms of social compassion and justice, I
