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Jonathan Cole

Jonathan Cole is Director of the Centre for Religion, Ethics and Society at Charles Sturt University, Canberra, Australia. He is the author of The Reign of God: A Critical Engagement with Oliver O’Donovan’s Theology of Political Authority (T&T Clark, 2022), Christian Political Theology in an Age of Discontent: Mediating Scripture, Doctrine, and Political Reality (Wipf and Stock, 2019), and the translator of Christos Yannaras, The Effable and the Ineffable: The Linguistic Boundaries of Metaphysical Realism, ed. and intro. Andreas Andreopoulos (Winchester University Press, 2021) and Christos Yannaras, On the “Meaning” of Politics, foreword by Rowan Williams (Routledge, 2024).

Essays

Remembering Christos Yannaras (1935–2024)

He was on a lifelong pursuit to understand the deepest structures and meaning of existence, along with the place, purpose and destiny of the human being in it. He was troubled by existence. He found it difficult and challenging to understand, liable to so much delusion and perversion.

A Calvinist Take On Why Evangelicals Support Donald Trump (Jonathan Cole)
“Delegated Divine Rule” – On Hobbes And The Origins Of Political Theology (Jonathan Cole)
Political Anthropology And The Post-Liberal Future (Jonathan Cole)
Conservatives’ Core Values Not As Theologically Grounded As Many Believe (Jonathan Cole)
Political Theology Must Be Engaged More Profoundly With Political Philosophy (Jonathan Cole)
The Art Of Political Theology – Finding The Right Definition And The Proper Set Of Questions (Jonathan Cole)
John Howard Yoder And The New Prospects For A Christian Politics (Jonathan Cole)
“Thank You Lord Jesus For President Trump” – Apostolic Theology And The Evangelical Vote (Jonathan Cole)
Christian Political Theology Needs To Grow Up And Become A Real Discipline (Jonathan Cole)