Executive Editor:
Graeme Smith Chichester University

Editors:
Julie Clague University of Glasgow
Timothy Simpson University of North Florida
David True Wilson College

Review Addresses:
This journal publishes reviews. Send books for review to:

Luke Bretherton
Department of Education and Professional Studies
King's College London
Franklin Wilkins Building
Waterloo Road
London SE1 9NH, UK

Political Theology is a journal that investigates and examines religious and political issues. The journal is interdisciplinary, drawing on the disciplines of theology, religious studies, politics, philosophy, ethics, cultural studies, social theory and economics. As such, it aims to reflect the diversity of religious and theological engagements with public and political life. Articles are welcome from scholars, practioners and clergy that address religion and political life in all its variety. The journal has a review section which embraces reflections upon religion, theology, politcal theory, political biography, film and fiction.

The aims of the journal are to:

• Deconstruct specific instances of political activity
• Reflect upon the mechanisms of power in civil life
• Examine the operation of alliances and coalitions, and the relationship betwen personal ambition and political vision
• Analyse theological paradigms employed by those engaged with political disclosures
• Explore power dynamics within and between nations

Recent Articles have included the following:
Rowan Williams
Convictions, Loyalties, and the Secular State
Gary Dorrien
Consolidating the Empire: Neoconservatism and the Politics of American Domination
Lisa Cahill
Liberalism in Progress – From Equal Rights to Global Participation
Susan L. Nelson
Pride, Sensuality and Han: Revisiting Sin from the Underside
Marcella Althaus-Reid
¿Bién Sonados? The Future of Mystical Connections in Liberation Theology
Larry Rasmussen
Was Reinhold Niebuhr wrong about Socialism?
Mona Siddiqui
Islam: Issues of Political Authority and Pluralism
Julia Sudo
Russian Nationalist Orthodox Theology: A New Trend in Political Life of Russia
William T. Cavanaugh
From One City to Two: Christian Reimagining of Political Space

Recent Special Issues include a dialogue with Michael Walzer on ‘Politics and Passion’ with contributions from Harlan Beckley, Gilbert Meilaender, David Novak, Linda Hogan, Duncan Forrester and Lisa Cahill.

Indexing & Abstracting
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Religious and Theological Abstracts

Publication: January, April, July and October
ISSN: 1462-317X (print)
ISSN: 1743-1719 (online)

Announcements

Web Editorial: Fighting to Leave Afghanistan
In this editorial, Ronald H. Stone gives his reluctant support to President Obama's plan to fight his way our of Afghnistan towards a promised withdrawal. Stone, Professor Emeritus of Christian Ethics at Pittsburgh Seminary, has written or edited 20 books on religious ethics and social problems including his most recent, Moral Reflections on Foreign Policy in a Religious War (Lexington Books, 2008).
Posted: 2010-02-11	More...
Web Editorial: The Justice of Just War and the Exceptionalism it Requires A Response to Barack Obama's Nobel Acceptance Speech on 9 December 2009
Daniel M. Bell, Jr. Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, SC. USA. The Rev. Dr Daniel M. Bell, Jr. is Associate Professor of Theological Ethics at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, SC. He recently published Just War as Christian Discipleship: Recentering the Tradition in the Church Rather than the State (Brazos, 2009).
Posted: 2010-01-19	More...
Web Editorial: Caritas in Veritate, Not Your Father’s Social Encyclical
Dr. Tobias Winright, a Catholic moral theologian who teaches in the Department of Theological Studies and directs the Ethics Across the Curriculum Program at Saint Louis University, highlights some of the major themes of Benedict XVI's social encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, and considers areas of both continuity and possible new--maybe even more theological--directions this monumental document exhibits.
Posted: 2010-01-06	More...
Web Editorial: A Mainly Unhappy Update on the US Torture Debate - David P. Gushee
Dr. David Gushee provides an update on the U.S. torture debate, both the modest gains of the Obama Administration and the daunting work that lies ahead.
Posted: 2009-08-27	More...
Web Editorial: MORE OF THE SAME?
We are pleased to publish the first of our Web Editorials. Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl examines whether President Obama’s new approach to the Muslim world is genuine or just more of the same. MORE OF THE SAME? By Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl After eight years of boorish, war-mongering speeches and policies by the Bush administration, there is no doubt that President Obama’s ecumenical speech in Cairo fell upon warm ears. Obama spoke to Muslims as human beings, and Muslims who have grown so accustomed to being caste into the archetype of the counterpoint—the archetype that helps define the West by being its anti-thesis—were jubilant. Once again, Muslims learned that they can never enjoy the kind of privileged “unbreakable bond” that is exclusively reserved for the VIP members of the Western club, but Muslims were jubilant to learn that they are not members of the caste of lowly untouchables. In his typically dignified and studious demeanor, Obama told Muslims that he respects their faith and culture, that he does not approve of religious bigotry and that he recognizes that Muslims have made numerous contributions to world civilization.........
Posted: 2009-06-12	More...

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