{"product_id":"the-ways-of-judgment-the-bampton-lectures-2003","title":"The Ways Of Judgment: The Bampton Lectures  2003","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this probing book Oliver ODonovan extends the exploration into the correspondence between theology and politics that he began in The Desire of the Nations. While that earlier work took as its starting point the biblical proclamation of Gods authority  The Ways of Judgment approaches political theology from the political side. Responsive to developments such as the uncertain role of the United Nations after the Cold War and the expansion of the European Union  ODonovan also draws on the extensive tradition of Christian political thought and a range of contemporary theologians. Rather than supposing  as does some political theology  that the right political orientations are well understood and that theological beliefs should be renegotiated to fit them  ODonovan considers contemporary social and political realities to be impenetrably obscure and elusive. Finding the gospel proclamation luminous by contrast  ODonovan sheds light from the Christian faith upon the intricate challenge of seeking the good in late-modern Western society. Pursuing his analysis in three movements  ODonovan first considers the paradigmatic political act  the act of judgment  and then takes up the question of forming political institutions through representation. Finally  he tackles the opposition between political institutions and the church  provocatively investigating how Christians can be the community instructed by Jesus to judge not.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44952259854389,"sku":"ByrdShop_0802829201","price":84.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780802829207.jpg?v=1770156456","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-ways-of-judgment-the-bampton-lectures-2003","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}