Two Masters? I’m a Christian and a Citizen bibliography

Tomorrow I will begin a new 3-part essay series entitled Two Masters? I’m a Christian and a Citizen. This essay series will build and expand upon some ideas I presented in Part 6 of my essay series “Some Proposals for a Christian Response to Poverty.”It will argue that the church must use every tool available to it to affect positive change. In conjunction with this series, it may be useful to read my essay What I Mean By Justice. I will be posting on March 9, March 16, and March 23.




This series started out as a paper for a class at Regent College under Dr. Ross Hastings, but I have made a few changes in content and opinion since writing the original version in 2009. The original paper was answering the question, "How can the church be missional in the context of the state?" I don't expect to deal explicitly with the idea of "missional" in this series, but the concept no doubt has shaped my thought so I should set it up as a possible invisible frame.

According to Darrell L. Guder, "missional" has three parts. First, the church is missional when it is biblical. The Bible demonstrates God as an active player with an active objective to establish his kingdom in creation and demonstrates that the church has a role in this objective. Second, the church is missional when it is historical. It exists as a particular people in a particular time. Third, the church is missional when it is active and responsive to God’s mission.[1][1]

Below is the bibliography for the series.

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Davidson, Allan K."Chaplain to the Nation or Prophet at the Gate? The Role of the Church in

New Zealand Society."In Christianity and Modern Culture, ed. John Stenhouse, 311 - 331.Adelaide: ATF Press, 2005.

Guder, Daniel, et. al.Missional Church.Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Hill, Mark."Church-State Relations and Social Welfare in Europe: A Case Study of the UK."

The Review of Faith & International Affairs 7, no. 3 (Fall 2009): 27 - 31.

Hollinger, Dennis P.Choosing the Good.Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2002.

Jones, Larry B."'Prophetic' NGO-Government Relationships: What Would Daniel Do?" The

Review of FaithInternational Affairs 3, no. 2 (Fall 2005): 31 - 35.

King Jr., Rev. Martin Luther."Conscience and the Vietnam War." In The Lost Massey Lectures,

ed. CBC Massey Lecture Series, 177 -187.Scarborough: House of Anansi Press, 2007.

———."Nonviolence and Social Change." InThe Lost Massey Lectures,

ed. CBC Massey Lecture Series, 199 -208.Scarborough: House of Anansi Press, 2007.

Kuyper, Abraham."The Religious Roots of Political Liberties."In The Crown of Christian

Heritage, ed. Stone Lectures, 73 - 99.New Delhi: Nivedit Good Books, 1994.

O'Donovan, Oliver.The Desire of the Nations.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Stackhouse Jr., John G.Making the Best of It.New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.

Stassen, Glen H. and David P. Gushee.Kingdom Ethics.Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press,

2003.

Stott, John R. W. The Cross of Christ.20th Anniversary Ed.Downers Grove: Intervarsity

Press, 2006.

Van Die, Marguerite."Introduction." InReligion and Public Life in Canada, ed. Marguerite Van

Die, 3 - 19.Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001.

Weigel, George.The Cube and the Cathedral.2005. Reprint, New York: Basic Books, 2006.

Wilbanks, Dana."The Church as Sign and Agent of Transformation."In The Church's Public

Role, ed. Dieter T. Hessel, 21 -38.Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1993.

Wright, N. T. Surprised By Hope.New York: HarperOne, 2008.

Yoder, John Howard. “How H. Richard Niebuhr Reasoned: A Critique of Christ and Culture.”

In Authentic Transformation: A New Vision of Christ and Culture, ed. Glen H. Stassen, D. M. Yeager and John Howard Yorder, 31 - 90.Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996.

[1] Daniel Guder, et. al.Missional Church. (Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1998), 11 – 12.