Up with authority : why we need authority to flourish as human beings / Victor Lee Austin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Austin, Victor Lee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authority--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Authority.

Power (Philosophy)--Religious aspects.

Power (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T & T Clark, 2010.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Authority is something we experience every day, but is it necessary? Most people think it is not, that we have authority only when there is some defect in us that authority is needed to fill in. While it is true that authority can be used to remedy human inadequacies, it has a higher and nobler function: to enable us to do more complex activities, to understand more of the world we live in and to transmit that understanding, to flourish in political communities, and ultimately to enjoy God. This book shows the human importance of authority.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: WE CAN'T GET ALONG WITHOUT IT; Chapter 2 AUTHORITY AND FREEDOM: SOCIAL AUTHORITY; Chapter 3 AUTHORITY AND TRUTH: EPISTEMIC AUTHORITY; Chapter 4 AUTHORITY AND POWER: POLITICAL AUTHORITY; Chapter 5 AUTHORITY AND GOD: ECCLESIAL AUTHORITY; Chapter 6 AUTHORITY AND ERROR: DISPUTED AUTHORITY; Chapter 7 CONCLUSION: AUTHORITY IN PARADISE; Bibliography; Index of Scriptural Citations; Index of Subjects

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612821561

9781282821569

1282821563

9780567586131

0567586138

OCLC:

670412099