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The Christian realists : reassessing the contributions of Niebuhr and his contemporaries / edited by Eric Patterson ; foreword by Jean Bethke Elshtain.
Van Pelt Library BR115.P7 C3796 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christianity and politics--History of doctrines--20th century.
- Christianity and politics.
- Christian sociology--History of doctrines--20th century.
- Christian sociology.
- Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971.
- Niebuhr, Reinhold.
- Christian sociology--History of doctrines.
- Christianity and politics--History of doctrines.
- Physical Description:
- x, 239 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2003]
- Summary:
- The Christian Realists investigates the contributions to practical and theoretical politics by a variety of mid-twentieth century thinkers such as Reinhold Niebuhr, John Foster Dulles, and Herbert Butterfield. In a period of international conflict and uncertainty caused by the rise of Nazism and Communism and the advent of nuclear weapons, these individuals argued for a Christian and a realistic approach to social and political problems.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Niebuhr and His Contemporaries: Introduction to Christian Realism / Eric Patterson 1
- Chapter 2 Niebuhr and His Critics: Realistic Optimism in World Politics / Eric Patterson 25
- Chapter 3 The Prophetic Realism of John Foster Dulles, 1937-1945 / Mark G. Toulouse 53
- Chapter 4 Herbert Butterfield and the Limits of Christian Realism / Malcolm R. Thorp 81
- Chapter 5 Martin Wight: Politics in the Era of Leviathan / Daniel Young 103
- Chapter 6 John Coleman Bennett in Contemporary Context / David McCreary 137
- Chapter 7 Cups Half Full: John Courtney Murray's Skirmishes with Christian Realism / Leon Hooper, S.J. 159
- Chapter 8 Christian Realism in a Pluralistic Society: Interactions between Niebuhr and Morgenthau, Kennan, and Schlesinger / Roger L. Shinn 177
- Chapter 9 The Ironies of Christian Realism: The End of an Augustinian Tradition in International Politics / Roger Epp 199.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-236).
- ISBN:
- 0761826203
- OCLC:
- 52509641
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