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Political church : the local assembly as embassy of Christ's rule / Jonathan Leeman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leeman, Jonathan, 1973-
- Series:
- Studies in Christian doctrine and scripture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christianity and politics.
- Church.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2016.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- What is the nature of the church as an institution? What are the limits of the church's political reach? Drawing on covenant theology and the ""new institutionalism"" in political science, Jonathan Leeman critiques political liberalism and explores how the biblical canon informs an account of the local church as an embassy of Christ's kingdom.
- Contents:
- What is politics?
- What is an institution?
- The politics of creation
- The politics of the fall
- The politics of the new covenant
- The politics of the kingdom.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Leeman, Jonathan, 1973- Political church.
- ISBN:
- 9780830899043
- 0830899049
- OCLC:
- 928136955
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