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What is the proper relationship of religion to power? In this
collection of essays, a group of interdisciplinary scholars address
that question, building on the scholarship of the late Dr. Jean
Bethke Elshtain. The first section of this book provides the reader
with three previously unpublished essays by Elshtain on the subject
of political sovereignty, followed by an interview with the noted
ethicist and political theorist. Dr. Elshtain questions the nature
of sovereignty in a world where some have elevated the state and
the self above the authority of God himself. In the second section
of the book, "Sovereignty through the Ages", four scholars explore
some of the key questions raised by Dr. Elshtain's work on Just
War, resistance to tyranny, political liberalism, and modernity,
questioning the ways in which sovereignty may be conceived to
reinforce the limitations of human societies and yet seek the
greater good. In the third section of the book, entitled
"Sovereignty in Context", three essays extend her analysis of
sovereignty to different contexts - Latin America, the Islamic
world, and the international system as a whole, all the while
demonstrating the importance of how religious interpretation
contributes to our understanding of political power.
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