Political Grace

by Boer, Roland

• ISBN13: 9780664233938
• ISBN10: 0664233937
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-07-03
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

In this exploration of John Calvin's political thought, Roland Boer treats Calvin as a biblical scholar and political philosopher, showing us elusive aspects of Calvin'sInstitutes. Boer investigates Calvin's careful thinking in theInstitutesas well as in his biblical commentaries, pursuing Calvin's understanding of political freedom.Boer also explores Calvin's views on grace with the eye of a careful interpreter, and suggests what we might find in Calvin's political thought if we took the Bible, grace, and freedom as seriously as Calvin did.

Author Biography

Roland Boer is Research Professor in Theology at the University of New-castle, Australia, and the author of numerous books on biblical studies and philosophy.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. xv
Argument	p. xv
Context	p. xviii
Sentence Production	p. xxiv
Protesting Too Much	p. 1
Exegesis	p. 2
Context	p. 6
Theology	p. 18
Bible: The Irrepressible Book	p. 21
Out of the Reach of Human Hands	p. 22
The Chicken and the Egg, Auto-Faith, God and the Holy Spirit	p. 24
Conservatives and Radicals on the High Ground	p. 32
Grace: The Question of Revolution	p. 39
Letting Grace Have Its Head	p. 39
Roping Grace Back In	p. 48
The Revolutionary Paradox	p. 55
Freedom: The Liberty of the Gospel	p. 57
Curtailing Freedom	p. 59
Private and Public	p. 64
The Paradox of Calvinist Legalism	p. 70
Politics: Overthrowing Ungodly Rulers	p. 75
From Separation to Entanglement	p. 76
Between Anarchy and Tyranny	p. 78
What to Do with an Ungodly Ruler	p. 80
Subject Only in the Lord	p. 88
Paul: Inheriting an Insight	p. 93
Inheriting an Insight	p. 94
Calvin and Paul in Context	p. 104
Conclusion: What If? Calvin and the Spirit of Revolution	p. 111
Summary	p. 111
Bible	p. 116
Grace	p. 122
Freedom	p. 125
Politics	p. 129
Bibliography	p. 133
Scripture Index	p. 141
Subject Index	p. 143
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