Politics in Christian Perspective


Antonides, Harry. Multinationals and the peaceable kingdom. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co, 1978.

Antonides, Harry. Stones for Bread: The Social Gospel and Its Contemporary Legacy. St. Catharines: Paideia Press, 1985.

Austad, T. "Attitudes towards the state in Western theological thinking." Themelios 16 (1990) 18-22.

Bainton, Roland H. Christian attitudes towards war and peace: a historical survey and critical re-evaluation. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1960.

Bauckham, R. The Bible in politics: How to read the Bible politically. London: S.P.C.K, 1989.

Baum, Gregory, and John Coleman, eds. The Church and Christian Democracy. Colcilium 193. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1987.

Bebbington, D W. The Nonconformist Conscience: Chapel and Politics 1870-1914. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1982.

Berger, Peter L & Richard John Neuhaus. To empower the people: The role of mediating structures in public policy. Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute, 1977.

Bolt, John. A Free Church, a Holy Nation. Abraham Kuyper's American Public Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.

Boston, Jonathan and Alan Cameron. Voices for Justice: Church, Law and State in New Zealand. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press, 1994.

Cameron, Alan. "Implications of Dooyeweerd's legal philosophy for political theory." Nuances 5 (1997) 1:2.

Chaplin, J. Dooyeweerd's theory of public justice. M.Phil. thesis, Toronto: Institute for Christian Studies.

Chaplin, John. The Gospel and Politics: Five Positions. Toronto: Institute for Christian Studies.

Chaplin, Jonathan, and Paul A Marshall, (eds). Political Theory and Christian Vision: Essays in Memory of Bernard Zylstra. Lanham: University Press of America, 1994.

Dengerinck, J. The idea of justice in Christian perspective. Toronto: Wedge, 1975.

Dooyeweerd, H. The Christian idea of the State. Philadelphia: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1972.

Dooyeweerd, Herman. "The contest about the concept of sovereignty in modern jurisprudence and political science." Free University Quarterly 1 (1951) 2:85-106.

Ericson, Edward E, Jr; Marshall, Paul; Novak, Michael, et al. Servant or tyrant? The task and limits of government. Mississauga, Ont: Christian Labour Association of Canada, 1989.

Fogarty, Michael. Christian democracy in Western Europe 1820-1953. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1957.

Gibbs, Mark. Christians with secular power. Philadelphia: Fortress Press. Laity Exchange Books Series. 1981.

Goudzwaard, Bob. A Christian Political Option. Toronto: Wedge, 1972.

Goudzwaard, Bob. Idols of our time. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1984.

Graham, W Fred. The constructive revolutionary: John Calvin and his socio-economic impact. Richmond: John Knox Press: 1971.

Griffioen, Sander, and Mouw, Richard J. Pluralisms and Horizons: An Essay in Christian Public Philosophy. Grand Rapids: Michigan, 1993.

Hall, David W. "Guilliaume Groen Van Prinsterer: Political Paradigm from the Past." Premise Vol. 3 (1996) No. 9, Oct. - Nov.

Hanley, David, ed. Christian democracy in Europe: a comparative perspective. London; New York: Pinter, 1994.

Harper, William A, and Malloch, Theodore R, Eds. Where are we now: the state of Christian political reflection. Washington, DC: University Press of America, 1981.

Hilton, Boyd. The Age of Atonement. The Influence of Evangelicalism on Social and Economic Thought, 1785-1865. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988.

Howse, Ernest M. Saints in politics: the "Clapham Sect" and the growth of freedom. London: George, Allen and Unwin, 1971.

Hughes, Philip E. "Biblical guidelines for Christian involvement in society." International Reformed Bulletin 74-75 (1979) 9-14.

Irving, R E M. The Christian democratic parties in Western Europe. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1979.

Kuyper, Abraham. The problem of poverty. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1991.

Langley, McKendree R. The practice of political spirituality: episodes from the public career of Abraham Kuyper, 1879-1918. Jordan Station: Paideia, 1984.

Lugo, Luis E, ed. Religion, Pluralism and Public Life. Abraham Kuyper's Legacy for the Twenty-First Century. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.

Marshall, P & E Vanderkloet. Foundations of Human Rights. Missisauga, Ont.: Christian Labour Association of Canada, 1981.

Marshall, Paul. Thine is the kingdom: a Biblical perspective on the nature of government and politics today. London: Marshall Morgan and Scott, 1984.

Marshall, P. Human rights theories in Christian perspective. Toronto: Institute for Christian Studies, 1978.

Marshall, P and Lela Gilbert.Their Blood Cries Out: The Growing Worldwide Persecution of Christians. Word.
A review of this book by A. J. Bacevich in First Things 74 (June/July 1997) 53-55 is available online.

McCarthy, R et al. Society, State and Schools: A Case for Structural and Confessional Pluralism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1981.

Monsma, Stephen V. Positive Neutrality: Letting Religious Freedom Ring. New York: Greenwood Press, 1993.

Monsma, Stephen V. Pursuing justice in a sinful world. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984.

Mouw, Richard. Called to holy worldliness. Philadelphia: Fortress Press. Laity Exchange Books Series. 1980.

Mouw, R. Politics and the Biblical Drama. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1976.

Neuhaus, Richard John. The Naked Public Square: Religion and Democracy in America. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984.

O'Donovan, Oliver and Joan Lockwood O"Donovan, eds. From Irenaeus to Grotius: A Sourcebook in Christian Political Thought. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.

Runner, H E. Scriptural religion and political task. Toronto: Wedge, 1974.

Skillen, James W, ed. Confessing Christ and doing politics. Washington, DC: Association for Public Justice Education Fund, 1982.

Skillen, James W and Rockne M McCarthy. Political Order and the Plural Structure of Society. Emory University Studies in Law and Religion 2. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1991.

Skillen, James W. "Can there be a Christian approach to political science." In: The reality of Christian learning. H Heie and D Wolfe, eds. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987, pp. 17-37.

Skillen, James W. "Going beyond liberalism to Christian social philosophy." Christian Scholar's Review 19 (1990) 3:220-230.

Skillen, James W. "Politics, pluralism, and the ordinances of God." In: Life is religion: Essays in honour of H E Runner. H Vander Goot, ed. St Catharines: Paideia, 1981, pp. 195-206.

Skillen, James W. Recharging the American Experiment: Principled Pluralism for Genuine Civic Community. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1994.

Skillen, James W. "Toward a comprehensive science of politics." Philosophia Reformata 53 (1988) 33-58.

Skillen, James W. International Politics and the Demands for Global Justice. Burlington, Ontario, G R Welch; Dordt College Press, 1981.

Skillen, James W. The Scattered Voice: Christians at Odds in the Public Square. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1990.

Spykman, Gordon J, and others. Let My People Live: Faith and Struggle in Central America. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988.

Spykman, Gordon. "Pluralism: our last best hope?" Christian Scholars Review 10 (1980) 99-115.

Spykman, Gordon. "The principled pluralist position." In: God and politics: four views on the transformation of civil government. Gary Scott Smith, ed. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1989.

Spykman, Gordon. "Sphere sovereignty in Calvin and the Calvinist Tradition." In: Exploring the heritage of John Calvin. David E Holwera, ed. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1976, pp. 163-208.

Stevenson, William R, Jr, ed. Christian political activism at the crossroads. Lanham, Md: University Press of America, 1994.

Storkey, Alan. "Dominant concepts of power in recent British politics." In: Life is religion: Essays in honour of H E Runner. H Vander Goot, ed. St Catharines: Paideia, 1981, pp. 221-232.

Van Der Hoeven, Johan. Karl Marx: The roots of his thought. Toronto: Wedge Publishing Foundation, 1976.

Van der Vyver, Johan D, and John Witte Jr., eds. Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective: Legal Perspectives. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.

Van der Vyver, Johan D, and John Witte Jr., eds. Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective: Religious Perspectives. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.

Vanden Berg, F. Abraham Kuyper. A Biography. St Catharines: Paideia, 1978.

Vandezande, G. Christians in the crisis: Towards responsible citizenship. Toronto: Anglican Church Bookcentre, 1984.

Van Kersbergen, Kees. Social Capitalism: A study of Christian democracy and the welfare state. London: Routledge, 1995.

Wolterstorff, Nicholas. "Contemporary Christian views of the state: some major issues." Christian Scholar’s Review 3 (1974) 4:311-332.

Wolterstorff, Nicholas. Until Justice and peace embrace. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983.

Wright, N T. "The New Testament and the 'state.'" Themelios 16 (1990) 11-17.

Zylstra, Bernard. From pluralism to collectivism: The development of Harold Laski's political thought. Assen: Van Gorcum, 1970.


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