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Reinhold Niebuhr a political account / by Merkley, Paul Charles, 1934-

Table of Contents: “…Apostle to the Left -- pt. 3. The theologian of crisis -- The theologian of the vital Center.…”
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Christianity, Democracy, and the Shadow of Constantine /

Table of Contents: “…Moral argument in the human rights debate of the Russian orthodox church -- Post-communist orthodox countries and secularization : the Lautsi case and the fracture of Europe -- Power to the people : orthodoxy, consociational democracy, and the move beyond phyletism -- Power, protest, and perichoresis : on being church in a troubled world -- Strange fruit : Augustine, liberalism, and the good Samaritan -- An orthodox encounter with liberal democracy -- Democracy and the dynamics of death : orthodox reflections on the origin, purpose, and limits of politics -- "I have overcome the world" : the church, the liberal state, and Christ's two natures in the Russian politics of theosis -- Emperors and bishops of Constantinople -- Stepping out of Constantine's shadow -- "You cannot have a church without an Empire" : political orthodoxy in Byzantium -- Roman catholicism and democracy : the postconciliar era -- How (not) to be a political theologian.…”
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Authority and obedience Romans 13:1-7 in modern Japan / by Miyata, Mitsuo, 1928-

Table of Contents: “…Translator's introduction: Christianity and conscientious citizens in Miyata Mitsuo's modern Japan -- Preface to the English translation (2008) -- Preface (2003) -- Introduction: Analytical perspective -- The Protestant missionaries -- The Ten Commandments and the true God -- Japanese-language annotated editions of Romans -- Romans 13: 1-7 and Christianity in the Meiji Period -- From the 1870s to the Uchimura Kanzō Lèse-majesté incident -- In the wake of the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars -- Taishō democracy and Romans 13: 1-7 -- Uchimura Kanzō's Study of Romans -- Christians and Taishō democracy -- Christianity during the establishment of emperor-system fascism -- Romans 13:1-7 in the early 1930s -- The Kokutai clarification movement and "Christianity on Japanese terms" -- Romans 13:1-7 during the Sino-Japanese War -- In the midst of the Pacific War -- The establishment of the Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan -- Theologians and Romans 13: 1-7 -- Social scientists and Romans 13: 1-7 -- Between martyrdom for the nation and martyrdom for the faith -- Conclusion: Reflections on the past and future -- Romans 13:1-7 in postwar Japan -- Lessons and reflections.…”
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