Resources on Politics
Resources on Politics
Intro
Hunter Baker. Political Thought: A Student's Guide (2012).
Fred Van Geest. Introduction to Political Science: A Christian Perspective (2017).
Francis Beckwith. Politics for Christians: Statecraft as Soulcraft (2010).
Greg Forster. The Contested Public Square: The Crisis of Christianity and Politics (2008)
Elizabeth Phillips. Political Theology: A Guide for the Perplexed (2012).
Intermediate
David Koyzis, Political Visions & Illusions: A Survey & Christian Critique of Contemporary Ideologies. (2003). [best book on Politics from a Christian perspective];Â
David Koyzis. Citizenship Without Illusions: A Christian Guide to Political Engagement (2024).
Samuel Francis. Leviathan and Its Enemies (2016). [About how the bureaucracy runs society. Best book on modern politics.]
Thomas Sowell. A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles (2007); Wealth, Poverty and Politics (2016).
R. R. Reno. Return of the Strong Gods: Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West (2021).
Patrick Deneen. Why Liberalism Failed (2018).
Joshua Mitchell. American Awakening: Identity Politics and Other Afflictions of Our Time (2020).
David Van Drunen. Politics after Christendom: Political Theology in a Fractured World (2020).
Luke Brotherton. Christ and the Common Life: Political Theology and the Case for Democracy (2019).
Douglas Murray. The War on the West (2022); On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization (2025); The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam (2018); The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity (2019); Islamophilia: A Very Metropolitan Malady (2020).
Advanced
Oliver O'Donovan. From Irenaeus to Grotius: A Sourcebook in Christian Political Thought (1999); Bonds of Imperfection: Christian Politics, Past and Present (2003); The Desire of the Nations: Rediscovering the Roots of Political Theology (1999).
Black & Gundry. Five Views on the Church and Politics (2015).
Noam Chomsky. Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky (2002); Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (2002).