The Contested Public Square : The Crisis of Christianity and Politics /
Greg Forster
- Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, 2008
- 254 p. ; 23 cm.
Welcome back to Babylon : how persecution permanently shaped Christian political ideas -- The wisdom of the gods : theology encounters philosophy -- Cities of God and man : Augustine formalizes the idea of dual citizenship -- Natural law : the medieval church develops the most important political idea in history -- Regio versus religio : the Reformation and the nation-state -- On the road to Jerusalem : the emergence of religious freedom -- An appeal to heaven : revolution and liberal democracy -- The fiery trial : Christian responses to totalitarianism.