Christian Anarchism : a selection of links to articles and books

in anarchism •  5 years ago  (edited)


What is anarchism? What is voluntaryism? What is the State? How does the Christian faith and the Church relate to the State? How does the Church theologically reason about ethics and justice? What is Christian Anarchism? Learn more about this paradigm from the following resources, selected from the larger Christian Anarchism Books and Resources collection in the Christian Anarchists Facebook Group :

Articles

  1. NT Theology of the State by Dr. Norman Horn (2-part article) (part 1, part 2)
  2. Evangelicals, Militarism and Romans 13 by Preston Sprinkle
  3. Jesus Christ Against Westphalian Leviathans: A Christian Anarchist Critique of Our Coercive, Idolatrous, and Unchristian International Order by Alexandre Christoyannopoulos, which is a Christian anarchist critical perspective on the idolatrous international order of the modern (Westphalian) nation State
  4. A collection of answers to questions about libertarianism by Dennis Pratt on Quora (not strictly about Christian anarchism, but, the answers provided are entirely consistent)
  5. http://www.anarcho-calvinism.com/

Books

  1. Jesus' Primacy Over the Powers by Vernard Eller
  2. The Politics of Jesus by John Howard Yoder (see esp. Chapter 10 which deals with Romans 13, link to whole book)
  3. Anarchy and Christianity by Jacques Ellul
  4. Christian Anarchism by Alexandre Christoyannopoulos
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