Whose will be done? : essays on sovereignty and religion / [edited by] John H.A. Dyck, Paul S. Rowe, and Jens Zimmermann ; foreword by Eric Elshtain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dyck, John (John H. A.), 1951-

Elshtain, Eric, author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Dyck, John (John H. A.), 1951- editor.

Rowe, Paul S. (Paul Stanley), editor.

Zimmermann, Jens, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sovereignty--Religious aspects.

Sovereignty.

Elshtain, Jean Bethke, 1941-2013.

Elshtain, Jean Bethke.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]

Summary:

This collection of essays considers the relationship of sovereignty and religion in numerous contexts. Designed for scholars and students of political theory, philosophy, and religion, the essays contained in this volume will stimulate debate in the classroom and beyond.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; I: Understanding Sovereignty; 1 Introduction; 2 Jean Bethke Elshtain: a Retrospective, 1941-2013; 3 The Myth of the Sovereign Self; 4 Religion, Enlightenment, and a Common Good; 5 Bonhoeffer for Political Thought; 6 Interview with Jean Bethke Elshtain; II: Sovereignty through the Ages; 7 Mars Bound: Limited War and Human Flourishing; 8 Incarnational Selfhood; 9 Sovereignty and Chastened Liberalism; 10 Sovereign Selves: 'We Have Met the Enemy and He/She is Us!'; III: Sovereignty in Context; 11 God and Power in the Global North and Latin America

12 No god but God? Nominalism and Political Islam13 'Revolutions' in Political Theology; Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 30, 2015).

ISBN:

0-7391-9964-1

OCLC:

919431165