Empire and the Christian Tradition: New Readings of Classical Theologians

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Distinguished theologians assess the achievements and legacies of thirty- one theological giants in light of Christianity's engagement with imperial power, conquest, colonization, and post colonial themes. A unique textbook anthology ideal for classroom use. Contents Contributors Preface Acknowledgments Introductory Perspectives 1. Christian Theology and Empires 2. Theology and Social Theory 3. The Christian Tradition and Empires: A Reader’s Guide Theological Figures 4. Paul and Early Christianity 5. Athanasius of Alexandria (c. 300 - 373) 6. Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430) 7. Wynfrith-Boniface (675 - 754) 8. Theodore the Studite (759 - 826) 9. Anselm of Canterbury (1033 - 1109) 10. Mechthild of Magdeburg (1208 - 1282?) 11. Thomas Aquinas (1225 - 1274) 12. Julian of Norwich (1342 - c.1416) 13. Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) 14. Bartolomé de Las Casas (1484 - 1566) 15. Jean Calvin (1509 - 1564) 16. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651 - 1695) 17. Jonathan Edwards (1703 - 1758) 18. John Wesley (1703 - 1791) 19. Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768 - 1834) 20. G. W. F. Hegel (1770 - 1831) 21. Søren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855) 22. Frederick Douglass (1818 - 1895) 23. William Temple (1881 - 1944) 24. Karl Barth (1886 - 1968) 25. Hendrik Kraemer (1888 - 1965) 26. Reinhold Niebuhr (1892 - 1971) 27. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 - 1945) 28. Simone Weil (1909 - 1943) 29. M. M. Thomas (1916 - 1996) 30. Juan Luis Segundo (1925 - 1996) 31. John S. Mbiti (1931 - ) 32. Mercy Amba Oduyoye (1934 - ) Notes Index