’Theologians’ on Modern Politics: John C. Bennett

While realism is defined explicitly, Christianity is not. Nevertheless, several crutches could lead us to understand Bennett’s theological perspective. He helps us in this effort when he plainly rejects ‘post-Kantian idealism that represents the pride of autonomous reason’.

Picture: Professor John C. Bennett, Auburn Theological Seminary, Auburn, NY (Bucher, Glenn R. “John Coleman Bennett: The Presbyterian Years.” Journal of Presbyterian History (1962-1985), vol. 50, no. 1, 1972, pp. 3–17) http://www.jstor.org/stable/23327249. Accessed 28 Apr. 2022.)