ABOUT THE EPISODE

Listen in as David Schrock and Stephen Wellum interview Brad Green on his Longform Essay "Do the Reading: Selections in Political Theology"

Timestamps

• 00:20 – Intro
• 05:50 – What’s the Place for Reading in the Life of the Christian?
• 07:40 – When Did Dr. Wellum Start Thinking about Serious Reading?
• 10:20 – What’s the Importance for Reading Books in the Life of a Pastor?
• 15:54 – How Do We Think About the Reading of Old and New Books?
• 19:29 – Political Issues in the Apostolic Fathers
• 22:08 – How Do These Apologists Maintain the Defense of the Faith?
• 24:54 – Augustine’s City of God
• 31:19 – Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica
• 37:20 – Why Should Dante Be on the List for Political Theology?
• 41:50 – Luther and Calvin’s Political Theologies
• 49:50 – Stephen Junius Brutus Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos
• 55:45 – Samuel Rutherford’s Lex Rex
• 1:01:15 – Althusius’ Politica
• 1:04:37 – Oliver O’Donovan
• 1:08:40 – R.J. Rushdoony
• 1:15:47 – Outro

Resources to Click

• “Do the Reading: Selections in Political Theology” – Brad Green
• Theme of the Month: Do the Reading: Selections in Political Theology
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Books to Read

• From Irenaeus to Grotius: A Sourcebook in Christian Political Thought – Oliver O’Donovan
• Apostolic Fathers – J.B. Lightfoot ed. Michael Holmes
• City of God – Augustine of Hippo
• Summa Theologica – Thomas Aquinas
• The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso – Dante Alighieri
• Luther: Selected Political Writings – Martin Luther; ed. J.M. Porter
• Institutes of the Christian Religion – John Calvin ed. John T. McNeill, trans. Ford Lewis Battles
• Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos: A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants – Stephen Junius Brutus
• Politica – Johannes Althusius
• Leviathan – Thomas Hobbes
• Lex Rex: The Law is King – Samuel Rutherford
• The Emergence of Liberty in the Modern World: The Influence of Calvin on Five Governments from the 16th-18th Centuries – Douglas F. Kelly
• The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine – eds. Karla Pollman and Willemien Otten
• The Desire of the Nations: Rediscovering the Roots of Political Theology – Oliver O’Donovan
• The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent and Other Essays – John Erskine
• The Institutes of Biblical Law – R.J. Rushdoony
• The Myth of Overpopulation – R.J. Rushdoony
• Revolt Against Maturity – R.J. Rushdoony
• The Messianic Character of American Education – R.J. Rushdoony