POL 643 Foundations of Christian Political Thought (Bible to Middle Ages)
The advent of Christ was not primarily a political event but it changed the context for politics in ways that are irreversible. Some of those changes are so pervasive that we have often ceased to notice them. Yet the tradition of theoretical reflection that derives from Greek philosophy does not readily furnish categories within which the new theological relationship can be understood. This course will address these issues through the perspective of the communities, Jewish and Christian, that sought to grapple with the consequences for political and historical existence when the transcendent God reveals himself to human beings. A particular focus will fall on the enlargement of reason, and the rational analysis of politics, that follow from the event of revelation.
Cross Listed Courses
POL 409 & POL 643