Political Theology
Jonathan Cole
About Jonathan
He is Assistant Director of the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University (CSU), Canberra, Australia, https://www.csu.edu.au/pact, a lecturer at the Lachlan Macquarie Institute https://www.lmi.org.au and a contributing editor to thenewpolis.com.
He has a PhD in political theology from CSU, an MA in Islamic theology and Middle Eastern politics from the Australian National University and a BA Hons in Modern Greek language and history from La Trobe University. He speaks Greek.
He spent 13 years working in a number of Australian federal government departments and agencies in Canberra, including seven years in intelligence, most recently as a Senior Terrorism Analyst at the Office of National Assessments (2010–2014).
He publishes in the areas of Christian political theology, political philosophy, Islamist terrorism and the global jihadist movement.
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Podcast
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Books
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About
At a moment in which interest in political theology is rising, acceptance of a public role for religion is declining, and cynicism regarding both political and religious institutions is overflowing, this book investigates the possibilities and constraints of a Christian political theology that can meaningfully mediate Scripture, doctrine, and political reality. In critical dialogue with political theologians and political philosophers past and present, we explore the origins, meaning, and purpose of Christian political theology in an age of growing discontent with the once-impregnable liberal democratic order of yesteryear. Approaching politics as both art and science, this book lays a challenge at the feet of political theologians to offer a theological account of politics that is genuinely illuminating of political reality and efficacious for the faithful who seek to operate within it.
Endorsements
“Jonathan Cole offers a powerful and fresh account of the importance and indispensability of political theology. Cole challenges simplistic notions of what it means to do political theology and he argues that it is time for political theology to grow up and become a real discipline. The essays in this book offer a creative, illuminating, and stimulating account of the issues and challenges facing political theology today. A major contribution from a formidable and exciting scholar.”
—Stephen Pickard, Director, Centre for Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University
In the media
Essays
The New Polis, 27 February 2018.
Read MoreThe Political Theology Network, 12 December 2017.
Read MoreThe Political Theology Network, 18 October 2017.
Read MorePolitical Theology Network, 5 September 2017.
Read MoreAcademic writing
Studies in Christian Ethics, 33, no.4 (2020): 549–564.
Read MoreThe Evangelical-Orthodox Theological Dialogue: Managing Diversity and Navigating Asymmetry
European Journal of Theology 29, no.1 (2020): 27–38.
In Polis, Ontology, Ecclesial Event: Engaging with Christos Yannaras' Thought, edited by Sotiris Mitralexis, 47–63. Cambridge: James Clarke & Co., 2018.
Read MoreIn Does Religion Cause Violence? Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Violence and Religion in the Modern World, edited by Scott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, Joel Hodge, and Carly Osborn, 207–228. New York: Bloomsbury, 2018.
Read MoreIn Mustard Seeds in the Public Square: Between and Beyond Theology, Philosophy, and Society, edited by Sotiris Mitralexis, 61–92. Wilmington, Del.: Vernon Press, 2017.
Read MoreStudies in Christian Ethics 32, no.3 (2019): 307–335.
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