Towards a Christian Ontology of Political Authority: The Relationship between Created Order and Providence in Oliver O'Donovan's Theology of Political Authority:

This article argues that the formally similar conceptions of political authority provided in Oliver O'Donovan's Resurrection and Moral Order and The Desire of the Nations appear to assume different ontologies of political authority. The former account conceives political authority as a spe...

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Main Author: Cole, Jonathan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2018]
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 32, Issue: 3, Pages: 307-325
RelBib Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
NBD Doctrine of Creation
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Providence
B Ontology
B Redemption
B Oliver O'Donovan
B Political Authority
B created order
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