Greg Forster's The Contested Public Square is a readable, informative, and engaging history of Christian political thought. Far from an academic treatise, Forster recognizes that the moral consensus which Western nations have shared for fifteen hundred years has come apart, leading to a political... ...more
Excellent overview of the development of Christian political thought and how it developed through the transition from the church's first 400 years living under persecution, through the era of Christendom, and on into a post-Christian environment. Attention is given to major influences on church-s... ...more
This is an excellent introduction to the history of natural law political theory. Forster takes us from the early Christian fathers, to Augustine, Aquinas, Ockham, and Locke up to modern natural law theory. This is a fairly objective history of natural law, though he's clearly an advocate of natu... ...more
Forster's review of religion's influence and participation in the political world is worth a read. The best parts were the discussions of natural law and how it takes an important role in development of state order. ...more