Christian Anarchism: A Political Commentary on the Gospel - Hardcover

Christoyannopoulos, Alexandre

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184540193X ISBN 13: 9781845401931

Publisher: Imprint Academic, 2010

Synopsis

Christian anarchism has been around for at least as long as secular anarchism. The existing literature cites Leo Tolstoy as its most famous (sometimes even as the only) proponent, but there are many others, such as Jacques Ellul, Vernard Eller, Dave Andrews or the people associated with the Catholic Worker movement. Both individually and collectively, these Christian anarchists offer a compelling critique of the state, the church and the economy based on numerous passages from the New Testament. Yet despite the relevance and growth of this literature, no generic study bringing together these different thinkers or reflecting on their contribution has been published to date, because such work involves meticulous searching, compiling and structuring of countless different texts and sources, not all of which are easily accessed. This book, however, provides precisely such a study, and thereby presents Christian anarchism to both the wider public and the wider academic community.

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Review:

"Christian Anarchism will be of interest to Christians, theologians, anarchists and historians of political thought... On its own terms it achieves its aim of synthesising a range of Christian anarchist writings and demonstrating that Christian anarchism is a coherent school of thought."

Author: Daniel Duggan Source: Political Studies Review

"Dr Christoyannopoulos has produced a superb discussion of Christian anarchism from Tolstoy to the present day. He combines a wide scope and meticulous scholarship with impressive analytical ability. He also writes clearly and well – not always the case in this area. This book is required reading for those interested in alternative conceptions of politics."

Author: Professor David McLellan

"Alexandre Christoyannopoulos's engaging and intelligent study of Christian anarchism directly confronts the perception that these two traditions of thought are incompatible. At the heart of this scholarly discussion is the work of Tolstoy but the analysis is enriched by an examination of a much wider range of writers and movements. Anyone interested in the vital issues of non-violence, the limits of political obligation, resistance, compassion and justice will find this book enormously illuminating."

Author: Dr Ruth Kinna

"This book could easily be for Christian anarchism what Gustavo Guttierez's A Theology of Liberation was for that school of thought."

Source: Pinch of Salt

About the Author:

Alexandre Christoyannopoulos joined the University of Kent in 1997 to do a BA (Honours) in Economics. He then came to the Department in 2000 to pursue an MA in International Relations and European Studies and, after a brief internship at the European Commission in Brussels, has continued as a research student on the PhD programme in Politics & Government. Alex has been teaching for the department since January 2005, has completed the Associate Teacher Accreditation Programme and is currently completing the remainder of the Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education.

About this edition

• Publisher: Imprint Academic
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 184540193X
• ISBN 13: 9781845401931
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 350