What Is Political Theology?

This field-changing interdisciplinary book brings together three of the leading voices in political theology--a Christian theologian, a critical theorist, and an anthropologist--to offer new entry points to understand religion and politics.

About the author

Luke Bretherton is Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at Oxford University. His books include Christ and the Common Life: Political Theology and the Case for Democracy (2019).

Vincent Lloyd is professor of theology and religious studies and director of the Center for Political Theology at Villanova University. His books include Black Dignity: The Struggle Against Domination (2022), and he is an editor of the journal Political Theology.

Valentina Napolitano is a professor and Connaught Scholar in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto. Her books include Migrant Hearts and the Atlantic Return: Transnationalism and the Roman Catholic Church (2016).

Product details

• Authors: Bretherton Luke, Vincent W. Lloyd, Napolitano Valentina
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 24.10.2025
• EAN: 9780231222150
• ISBN: 978-0-231-22215-0
• Illustrations: 0 illustrations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Critical Theory, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Critical Theory, Social & political philosophy, Religion & politics, Social and cultural anthropology, Religion and Politics, Constitution: government & the state, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State, Constitution: government and the state