Church as Politeia () von Christoph Stumpf

Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte first began publication in 1925 and can claim to be one of the most tradition-rich historical book series. It presents research on the history of Christian churches and dogmas through the ages but also publishes papers on related disciplines such as archeology, history of art and literary studies. One of the series’ leading features is its consistent striving to combine historical-methodical precision with systematic contextualization of each examined topic. In recent years the series has increasingly published studies on themes relating to the history of Christian culture and ideas, viewed within a methodically open perspective on the history of Christianity.

Geleitwort von Walter Kardinal Kasper
Geleitwort von Bischof Hans Christian Knuth
Preface byChristoph A. StumpfandHolger Zaborowski

Oliver M. T. O'Donovan: Law, Moderation and Forgiveness ·Joachim Schaper: Die Pharisäer - ein hellenistischer Religionsverein? ·Markus Enders: "Nichts liebt Gott mehr in dieser Welt als die Freiheit seiner Kirche". Anselm von Canterburys Verständnis der Kirche, kirchlicher Lebensformen und des Verhältnisses der kirchlichen zur weltlichen Gewalt ·Eberhard Schockenhoff: Dient die Politik dem Glück des Menschen? Zum Verhältnis von geistlicher und weltlicher Gewalt bei Thomas von Aquin ·Joan Lockwood O'Donovan: The Christian Pedagogy and Ethics of Erasmus. A Poesis for the Present? ·Georg Pfleiderer: Political Dimensions of Lutheran Confessional Writings ·Armin Adam: The Church Constitution - A Political Problem? ·Christoph A. Stumpf: The Christian Society and its Government. A Comparison between the Theo-Political Concepts of Richard Hooker and of Hugo Grotius ·Heinrich de Wall: Protestantische Theorien über die Beziehung zwischen Kirche und Staat im Heiligen Römischen Reich Deutscher Nation ·Holger Zaborowski: "Reason and Freedom Remain Our Shibboleth and the Invisible Church our Point of Unity" The German Idealist View of the Church and its Political Implications ·Matthias Wolfes: Die "Oeffentlichkeit des Lebens" und der Staat. Friedrich Schleiermachers politische Theorie als Programm einer liberalen Bürgergesellschaft ·Albert-Peter Rethmann: Kirche als politisch-moralischer Akteur in pluraler Gesellschaft. Leitlinien und Anregungen im Anschluß an das Zweite Vatikanische Konzil ·Thomas Schlag: Value Education in the German Protestant Church ·Eilert Herms: Lage und Perspektive der Kirchen im Zusammenhang der europäischen Einigung am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts. Eine evangelische Selbsteinschätzung · Bernd Wannenwetsch : The Liturgical Origin of the Christian Politeia. Overcoming the 'Weberian' Temptation
Contributors · Index of Persons · Subject Index

The volumeChurch as Politeia comprises fifteen papers which were presented at a German-British Research Colloquium of the Becket Institute in Oxford. In these papers the political self-understanding of Christianity is analyzed in its historical development from various denominational perspectives. The authors of these contributions are theologians, lawyers, philosophers and historians from Germany and Great Britain.

Christoph Stumpf is a Privatdozent in the Law Faculty of the Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. In addition, he works as an attorney.

Holger Zaborowski is a member of the junior faculty working on a professional thesis in the Department of Christian Religious Philosophy at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Germany.