September 11th has reminded us all how fragile society and politics can be. In this context it is more urgent than ever to discern what light the Bible has to shine on ethics and politics today.

Serious ethical and political engagement with the Bible has become something of a lost art, and as part of it sattempt to renew biblical interpretation, this third volume in the Scriptures and Hermeneutics Series focuses on the importatn work of the contemporary Christian ethicist Oliver O'Donnovan. O'Donnovan himself has written responses to each chapter.