4.52 Brad Green, David Schrock & Stephen Wellum • Interview • “Do the Reading: Selections in Political Theology”
Update: 2025-11-10
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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
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