ETHICS OF GOVERNMENT - HISTORICAL

 
General

O'Donovan, O. & J. (eds.) (1999) From Irenaeus to Grotius: a sourcebook in Christian Political Thought
 

Patristic

General

Augustine City of God 19

Augustine Letter 189

Harnack, A. Militia Christi

Lactantius Divine Institutes 5 (Ante-Niceme Fathers)

Swift, L. J. The Early Fathers on War and Military Service

Tertullian De Corona (Ante-Nicene Fathers)


Secondary

Markus, R. A. (1970) Saeculum: religion society and history in the thought of Augustine

Medieval

Bernard of Clairvaux On Consideration

Russell, F. H The Just War in the Middle Ages

Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologiae I-II qq. 90-96, II:II, qq.40-42

Tierney, B The Idea of Natural Rights

William of Ockham A Short Treatise on the Power of the Pope

16th-17th Centuries

Erasmus, D. The Complaint of Peace

Luther, M. On Temporal Authority (Luther's Works vol. 45)

Vitoria, F. di On the Indies & On the Law of War (in Political Writings)

Cargill-Thompson W. The Political Thought of Martin Luther

18th -19th Centuries

Bratt, J. D. Abraham Kuyper, a centennial reader

Cooper, D. E "Hegel's Theory of Punishment" in Pelczynski, Z. (ed.), Hegel's Political Philosophy.

Hegel, G. W. F Philosophy of Right 82-103

Heslam, P Creating a Christian World View

Kant, I Metaphysics of Morals: The Metaphysical Elements of Justice 49E

Kuyper, A Lectures on Calvinism

Rerum Novarum (Papal Encyclical, Leo XIII)

Early Twentieth Century

Quadragesimo Anno (Papal Encyclical , Pius XI)

Raven, C. The Theological Basis of Christian Pacifism

Tawney, R. H. Religion and the Rise of Capitalism

Weber, M. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

From Oxford Theology Faculty Reading List

 

Political: Historical

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