Politics for a pilgrim church : a Thomistic theory of civic virtue / Thomas J. Bushlack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bushlack, Thomas J., author.

Contributor:

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.

Thomas.

Christianity and politics.

Christianity and justice.

Physical Description:

viii, 271 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2015.

Summary:

Church leaders and scholars have long wrestled with what should provide a guiding vision for Christian engagement in culture and politics. In this book Thomas Bushlack argues that a retrieval of Thomas Aquinas's understanding of civic virtue provides important resources for guiding this engagement today. Bushlack suggests that Aquinas's vision of the pilgrim church provides a fitting model for seeking the earthly common good of the political community, and he notes the features of a Thomistic account of justice and civic virtue that remain particularly salient for the twenty-first century. The book concludes with suggestions for cultivating a Christian rhetoric of the common good as an alternative to the predominant forms of discourse fostered within the culture wars that have been so divisive.

Contents:

The theological challenge of political authority

Civic virtue in Thomas Aquinas's account of justice

A passion for justice

Civic virtue and natural law

Civic virtue and contemporary political philosophy

Toward a constructive account of civic virtue and public rhetoric

Conclusion: Politics for a pilgrim church.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

ISBN:

0802870902

9780802870902

OCLC:

908146131

Publisher Number:

99965861336