Christianity and liberal society / Robert Song.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Song, Robert.

Series:

Oxford studies in theological ethics.

Oxford studies in theological ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and politics.

Liberalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 250 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Liberalism forms the dominant political ideology of the modern world. Despite its pervasive influence, this is the first book-length treatment of liberal political thought from a Christian theological perspective. Song discusses the different approaches to the subject of three twentieth-century theologians and draws out the implications for current political thought. - ;Liberalism forms the dominant political ideology of the modern world, but despite its pervasive influence, this is the first book-length treatment of liberal political thought from a Christian theological perspective.

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 An Interpretation of Liberalism; 1 Introduction; 2 On interpreting liberalism: a methodological preliminary; 3 Five writers from the liberal canon; 4 Some varieties of liberalism; 5 Liberalism's family resemblances; 3 Reinhold Niebuhr and the Liberal Philosophy of History; 1 Introduction; 2 Niebuhr's theological method; 3 Niebuhr's understanding of liberalism; 4 Niebuhr's criticisms of the liberal conception of history; 5 Criticism; 4 George Grant and the Basis of Liberal Values; 1 Introduction; 2 The civilizational contradiction; 3 Grant and Rawls

4 Critical assessment; 5 Jacques Maritain and the Liberal Defence of Pluralism; 1 Introduction; 2 Religious freedom, historical relativism; 3 A committed but pluralist political society; 4 Maritain in an Augustinian framework; 6 The Central Problem of Liberal Constitutional Theory; 1 Introduction; 2 The problem of judicial review defined and some unsuccessful short cuts; 3 Ronald Dworkin's defence of judicial review; 4 John Finnis's criticisms of Dworkin; 5 Democratic procedures and just outcomes: a theological perspective; 7 Christianity and Liberal Society; 1 Introduction; 2 The turn to the subject; 3 Reason and revelation in public life; 4 The Eternal City; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-151351-2

1-4294-2163-0

0-19-151846-8

0-19-815933-1

1-280-75334-X

OCLC:

609832295