From Irenaeus to Grotius

by Oliver O'Donovan

Overview

A reference tool that provides an overview of the history of Christian political thought with selections from second century to the seventeenth century.

From the second century to the seventeenth, from Irenaeus to Grotius, this unique reader provides a coherent overview of the development of Christian political thought. The editors have collected readings from the works of over sixty-five authors, together with introductory essays that give historical details about each thinker and discuss how each has contributed to the tradition of Christian political thought. Complete with important Greek and Latin texts available here in English for the first time, this volume will be a primary resource for readers from a wide range of interests.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802842091
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	11/17/1999
Pages:	858
Sales rank:	382,984
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.84(d)

About the Author

Oliver O'Donovan is a fellow of the British Academy and professor emeritus of Christian ethics and practical theology at the University of Edinburgh. His other books include The Desire of the Nations, The Ways of Judgment, and Resurrection and Moral Order.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	ix
	Copyright Acknowledgments	x
	Abbreviations	xii
	General Introduction	xv
Part 1	The Patristic Age
	Introduction	1
	An Apologetic Miscellany	8
	Irenaeus of Lyons	15
	Tertullian	23
	Clement of Alexandria	30
	Origen	39
	Lactantius	46
	Eusebius of Caesarea	56
	Ambrose of Milan	66
	John Chrysostom	89
	Augustine	104
	Paulus Orosius	164
Part 2	Late Antiquity and Romano-Germanic Christian Kingship
	Introduction	169
	Gelasius I	177
	Agapetos	180
	Justinian	189
	Gregory I	195
	Isidore of Seville	204
	John of Damascus	212
	Jonas of Orleans	216
	Sedulius Scottus	221
	The Donation of Constantine	228
Part 3	The Struggle over Empire and the Integration of Aristotle
	Introduction	231
	Gregory VII	240
	Norman Anonymous	250
	Honorius Augustodunensis	260
	Bernard of Clairvaux	268
	John of Salisbury	277
	Rufinus the Canonist	297
	Nikephoros Blemmydes	306
	Bonaventure	309
	Thomas Aquinas	320
	Giles of Rome	362
	James of Viterbo	379
Part 4	Political Community, Spiritual Church, Individual Right, and Dominium
	Introduction	389
	John of Paris	397
	Dante Alighieri	413
	Marsilius of Padua	423
	William of Ockham	453
	Nicolas Cabasilas	476
	John Wyclif	482
	Antonios IV	514
	Jean Gerson	517
	John Fortescue	530
	Nicholas of Kues	541
Part 5	Renaissance, Reformation, and Radicalism: Scholastic Revival and the Consolidation of Legal Theory
	Introduction	549
	Thomas More	558
	Desiderius Erasmus	570
	Martin Luther	581
	Francisco de Vitoria	609
	The Schleitheim Articles	631
	Hans Hergot	638
	Stephen Gardiner	647
	Philipp Melanchthon	650
	John Calvin	662
	John Knox	685
	John Ponet	695
	Thomas Cartwright	702
	Vindiciae, contra Tyrannos	711
	Francisco Suarez	723
	Richard Hooker	743
	Johannes Althusius	757
	William Perkins	771
	The Convocation Book	778
	Hugo Grotius	787
	Subject Index	821
	Scripture Index	831

Editorial Reviews

"This is a magnificent achievement deserving of highest praise, and an essential collection at a time when "political theology" is much discussed without reference to its history.... No library aspiring to theological adequacy can be without From Irenaeus to Grotius."

First Things

For a millennium and a half the use of theological arguments in political discussion was taken for granted. The threads of this theo-political tradition are impressively collected and annotated in this volume.... There are two aspects of the volume that make it even more important than this breadth of coverage: the first is that a great many of these texts have either been newly translated to replace antiquated—even unreadable—ones, or translated for the first time—and translated very well. The second is that the editors' various introductions are superb; indeed, the O'Donovans (both Oxford) almost write a book within a book. An invaluable reference work for anyone and any library interested in the historical interplay of theology and politics and the lessons that we can learn from that today.

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