“Sovereign is he who decides on the exception.” Thus opens the book that is said to have given birth to political theology—Carl Schmitt’s Political Theology, published in German in 1922.
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The Problem With “Christian” Political Theology – It’s Greek, Not Christian (Jonathan Cole)
Christian political theology has a problem, which for want of imagination I dub its “Greek problem.” Michael Walzer highlighted the essence of this problem in his stimulating book In God’s
On Enduring Borders And The Erasure Of Indigeneity, Part 1 (Roger Green)
In this, my first article written specifically for The New Polis, I want to focus on the theme of endurance, particularly as it relates to notions of Indigeneity that I
Call For Submissions
The New Polis invites submissions both of a scholarly and popular nature that fit within its broad range in topic areas from critical theory and cultural analysis to political thought and
Political Theology Needs To Grow Up And Become A Real Discipline (Jonathan Cole)
Contemporary Christian political theology presents a rather confusing picture. A cacophony of voices offers conflicting accounts of what the Bible says about politics and what a normative Christian attitude towards