{"product_id":"political-church","title":"Political Church","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe church is political.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheologians have been debating this claim for years. Liberationists, Anabaptists, Augustinians, neo-Calvinists, Radical Orthodox and others continue to discuss the matter. What do we mean by politics and the political? What are the limits of the church's political reach? What is the nature of the church as an institution? How do we establish these claims theologically?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJonathan Leeman sets out to address these questions in this significant work. Drawing on covenant theology and the \"new institutionalism\" in political science, Leeman critiques political liberalism and explores how the biblical canon informs an account of the local church as an embassy of Christ's kingdom. \u003cem\u003ePolitical Church\u003c\/em\u003e heralds a new era in political theology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1. What Is Politics?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2. What Is an Institution?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3. The Politics of Creation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4. The Politics of the Fall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5. The Politics of the New Covenant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6. The Politics of the Kingdom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConclusion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEWS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Leeman's well-argued book is a welcome reminder that the full reality of the church is to be found in the local congregation. I cannot imagine that his book will not become a standard work in this area of theological inquiry.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"book-review-credit\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor Emeritus of Divinity and Law, Duke University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is a very important book. Impressive in the depth and breadth of its sources, \u003cem\u003ePolitical Church\u003c\/em\u003e offers a fresh, cogent and well-informed model that deserves wide attention. Situating his arguments in past and present debates, Leeman formulates a unique paradigm for understanding simultaneously the nature of the church and its relation to the kingdoms of this age.\u003cem\u003ePolitical Church\u003c\/em\u003e is an example of a new level of evangelical reflection and serious engagement.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"book-review-credit\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—Michael Horton, J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Difficult issues related to church, state and religious freedom arise on a daily basis and fill our newspapers and inboxes. In \u003cem\u003ePolitical Church\u003c\/em\u003e, Jonathan Leeman offers a way forward that we would do well to read and consider. The virtues of this book are considerable, ranging from its institutional reading of Scripture and the larger society to its trenchant critique of liberalism, with the latter's exaltation of the expansive self and its wants.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"book-review-credit\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—David T. Koyzis, Redeemer University College\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Jonathan Leeman is one of the most careful, intelligent and skilled theological minds of our day, particularly in matters of ecclesiology. This new volume is a courageous defense of the centrality and indispensability of the local church. \u003cem\u003ePolitical Church\u003c\/em\u003e is a model for sound exegetical, biblical and systematic theology that makes a powerful argument. For anyone thinking seriously about ecclesiology, local church ministry, the relationship between church and state, or even religious liberty, this volume is a brilliant resource.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"book-review-credit\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The church, we are sometimes told, is a fellowship, not an institution. Jonathan Leeman makes us think again. Broad-ranging, deeply biblical, widely informed both theologically and politically, \u003cem\u003ePolitical Church\u003c\/em\u003e is a fine and statesmanlike contribution that deserves our careful attention. We need to capture the vision of the local church as an embassy of Christ's rule. This is just what the author enables us to do.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"book-review-credit\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—Stephen N. Williams, Union Theological College\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An incisive and distinctly evangelical contribution to political theology, Leeman's \u003cem\u003ePolitical Church\u003c\/em\u003e supplants the tired dichotomies of classical liberalism by recapturing the church's unique political ontology as a community with a message that is also at the same time an institution with keys to the kingdom. To bear witness to the rule of Christ is also to represent him publicly to the world. Leeman's account is impressively well-judged and advances a conception of church as embassy that those who take the rule of Christ seriously cannot afford to overlook. Essential (and edifying!) reading.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"book-review-credit\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—Matthew Arbo, Oklahoma Baptist University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Jonathan Leeman in this profound and important work argues that Christ is Lord of all, that he rules both in the church and in the public square. At the same time, Leeman unpacks for us the differences between the political sphere and the realm of the church. The implications for our ecclesiology are spelled out in a noteworthy way. Here we find robust biblical and systematic theology deftly applied to our role as citizens and church members.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"book-review-credit\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—Thomas R. Schreiner, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"For Christians who want to think deeper and more biblically about the nature of the church and its relationships to politics and government, \u003cem\u003ePolitical Church\u003c\/em\u003e will reward you.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"book-review-credit\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—W. Scott Lamb, \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Times\u003c\/em\u003e, March 22, 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Apollos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31735928291387,"sku":null,"price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0297\/3866\/3995\/products\/political_church.jpg?v=1741360833","url":"https:\/\/www.evangelicalbooks.com\/products\/political-church","provider":"Evangelical Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}