Luke Bretherton | Theology and Ethics https://www.theologyethics.com Resources and reflections on theology and ethics Mon, 16 Apr 2018 15:50:29 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Power to the People: Orthodoxy, Consociational Democracy, and the Move beyond Phyletism (Bretherton, 2017) https://www.theologyethics.com/2018/04/16/power-to-the-people-orthodoxy-consociational-democracy-and-the-move-beyond-phyletism-bretherton-2017/ https://www.theologyethics.com/2018/04/16/power-to-the-people-orthodoxy-consociational-democracy-and-the-move-beyond-phyletism-bretherton-2017/#respond Mon, 16 Apr 2018 13:36:58 +0000 https://www.theologyethics.com/?p=23771 "In this essay I will reflect on the twin problematics Mount Athos presents us with— that is, how to live faithfully at the intersection of two time zones and how to live in overlapping and intersecting political spaces—in the context of thinking about the relationship between Christianity and democracy. These reflections will serve as a prelude to some constructive suggestions for ways in which Orthodoxy might faithfully conceptualize its relationship to democratic politics in liberal states characterized by religious and moral plurality".

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]]> https://www.theologyethics.com/2018/04/16/power-to-the-people-orthodoxy-consociational-democracy-and-the-move-beyond-phyletism-bretherton-2017/feed/ 0 The People, Populism, and the Church in the Era of Trump (Bretherton, 2017) https://www.theologyethics.com/2018/04/15/the-people-populism-and-the-church-in-the-era-of-trump-bretherton-2017/ https://www.theologyethics.com/2018/04/15/the-people-populism-and-the-church-in-the-era-of-trump-bretherton-2017/#respond Sun, 15 Apr 2018 15:47:00 +0000 https://www.theologyethics.com/?p=23761 Luke Bretherton delivering the McGee lecture at Baylor University on "The People, Populism, and the Church in the Era of Trump"

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]]> https://www.theologyethics.com/2018/04/15/the-people-populism-and-the-church-in-the-era-of-trump-bretherton-2017/feed/ 0 A proposal for how Christians and non Christians should relate to each other in the light of Alasdair MacIntyre, Germain Grisez and Oliver O’Donovan’s work (Bretherton, 2001) https://www.theologyethics.com/2018/03/11/a-proposal-for-how-christians-and-non-christians-should-relate-to-each-other-in-the-light-of-alasdair-macintyre-germain-grisez-and-oliver-odonovans-work-bretherton-2001/ https://www.theologyethics.com/2018/03/11/a-proposal-for-how-christians-and-non-christians-should-relate-to-each-other-in-the-light-of-alasdair-macintyre-germain-grisez-and-oliver-odonovans-work-bretherton-2001/#respond Sun, 11 Mar 2018 09:02:52 +0000 https://www.theologyethics.com/?p=23266 [embeddoc url="https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/files/2925780/289741.pdf" download="all" viewer="google"]

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