What is Political Theology? ft. Jon Coutts

On this week’s episode, Ryan and Jon introduce the theme of this season of True North Theology - Canadian Political Theology. They discuss some various approaches to political theology and ask what, if anything, is distinctive about Canadian approaches to this tradition.

Dr. Jon Coutts is an Assistant Professor of Christian Theology at Ambrose University and an ordained pastor in the Christian & Missionary Alliance.

Further Reading

Coutts, Jon. “The Prince of Peace Smokes a Peace Pipe.” In Theology and the Political: Theo-Political Reflections on Contemporary Politics in Ecumenical Conversation, 185–99. Brill, 2020.

Smillie, Benjamin G., ed. Political Theology in the Canadian Context. Waterloo, ON, Canada: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1982.

Schmitt, Carl. Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty. Edited by George Schwab. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006.