How do we understand the famous incident where Jesus was asked about paying taxes to Caesar? Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.”
What is the right relationship between the Church and the State? How should a Christian relate to Politics?
READING:
1. Mark 11 and 12
2. NT Wright (2003) God and caesar then and now (read up to the end of page 8, page 9-11 discuss the connection between the church and state in the UK, which is optional reading)
3. Cavanaugh (2006) Christian Re-imagining of Political Space
Optional Further Reading
1. NT Wright (1998) The New Testament and the'state'
2. Cavanaugh (2009) If You Render Unto God What Is God’s, What Is left for Ceasar (This article can be read on its own, though it is a response to Rowe's article which I have placed also in the optional reading list)
3. Rowe (2009) Render Unto Caesar. . . What [Cavanaugh reviewed]
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