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In this book, the contributors cover traditional historical and theological responses to political unrest as a foundation for considering or evaluating attempts to address theologically present-day manifestations of uncivil disobedience.
List of contents
I: Uncivil Disobedience - Philosophical Foundations and Historical Considerations
1. In Defense of Uncivil Disobedience
Candice Delmas
2. Which Extreme, Whose Extremist?: Limitations of Eric Hoffer's The True Believer for Countering Contemporary Fascist Movements
Joan Braune
3. Cultural Images of, and Experiences with, Disobedience
Nick Braune
4. "We Must Obey God Rather Then Men": Lutheran Resistance Against Pope and Emperor in the Reformation Era
John Witte, Jr.
5. "Let the Princes Hear and Be Afraid": John Calvin and Resistance to Tyranny
Matthew J. Tuininga
6. The Virtues of Democratic Disobedience: Catholic Ethics and Political Disobedience
Anna Floerke and Matthew A. Shadle
7. Civil Disobedience, Violence, or Revolution?: Liberation Theology and the Narrative of Violence
Ryan R. Gladwin
II. Application - Theological Perspectives on Contemporary Uncivil Disobedience
8. Uncivil Disobedience and the Free Passage of the Word: Sanctuary as a Preparing of the Way
Michael Laffin
9. Bonhoeffer, Antifa, and the Moral Defensibility of Uncivil Disobedience
David M. Gides
10. Black Lives Matter: A Just War Perspective
Joshua W. Carpenter
11. The Storming of the Capitol: The Outcome of a Theology of Political Power
André Gagné
12. Theology, Decoloniality, and Idle No More
Jordan E. Miller
About the author
David M. Gides is associate professor of theology at the University of Providence in Great Falls, Montana.
Summary
In this book, the contributors cover traditional historical and theological responses to political unrest as a foundation for considering or evaluating attempts to address theologically present-day manifestations of uncivil disobedience.
