Power Made Perfect?: Is There a Christian Politics for the Twenty-First Century?

Timothy Sherratt, Stan D. Gaede

ISBN 10: 1498225942 / ISBN 13: 9781498225946

Published by Cascade Books 2016-03-02, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Power Made Perfect?: Is There a Christian Politics for the Twenty-First Century?
• Publisher: Cascade Books 2016-03-02
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498225942
• ISBN 13: 9781498225946
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

How would politics be different if Christians acknowledged Jesus Christ as the archetype of all rulers, democratic and nondemocratic? How would our practice of politics change if we recognized the suffering love of Christ as the truest exercise of power? Power Made Perfect? offers a distinctive approach to government and politics. It is important, the author argues, to ask how creation provides guidance for political conduct; for politics to be an exercise in piety; and to approach politics in a fallen world with prudence and not in pursuit of ultimate solutions. But it is even more important to begin with Jesus Christ. Christ is the rightful ruler of the world who exercises power by suffering and dying for guilty humans. All political activity is held to the standard of Christ's sacrifice. In this book, Timothy Sherratt surveys major Christian political initiatives and schools of Christian political thought, with a particular emphasis on American politics, before outlining ways in which Christians in churches can practice faithful political engagement.

About the Author

Timothy R. A. Sherratt is Professor of Political Science at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. He is the author, with Ronald P. Mahurin, of Saints as Citizens: A Guide to Public Responsibilities for Christians (1995), and writes regularly for the Center for Public Justice's Capital Commentary series. He was educated at Oxford University and received a PhD from the University of Kentucky.