A Politics of Grace Hope for Redemption in a Post-Christendom Context [Hardcover]

Christiane Alpers discusses the contribution and role Christian theology plays in developing of the democratic life in post-Christendom societies. She discusses the three major approaches to this debate  public theology, Radical Orthodoxy, and post-liberal Protestantism  in order to illustrate the shared assumption that such an enhancement should be understood in terms of solving existing political problems.

The volume builds on and combines public theology's aspiration to craft a non-triumphant political theology, fit for a post-Christendom context, Radical Orthodoxy's hesitancy to embrace secularism as neutral centre for present democracies; as well as post-liberalism's Christocentric outlook. Alpers engages with a wide variety of thinkers, such as John Milbank, Graham Ward, John Howard Yoder, Kathryn Tanner and Edward Schillebeeckx; to suggest that a political theology in the post-Christendom context could build on the faith that Christ alone has redeemed the whole world.

Acknowledgments
Introduction

Chapter 1
Public Theology: Solutions for Political Problems in post-Christendom Societies

Chapter 2
Radical Orthodoxy: A Christian Social Order as Solution to the Political Problems of Post-
Christendom Societies

Chapter 3
Post-liberal Christocentrisms: A non-Dominating Christianity as Principled Solution to the Problem of Christendom

Chapter 4
Edward Schillebeeckx's Christology of Redemption: A Realistic Grace Optimism despite Political Problems

Chapter 5
Without Promise: A non-Dominating Political Theology for post-Christendom Societies

Conclusion
Bibliography
Index