Political Life under God: Some Questions for Gilbert Meilaender
How do Christian beliefs about human nature and destiny set possibilities for and limits to our political aspirations and goals? Specifically, what is the proper relation between a theology of creation and soteriology in Christian political ethics? This article considers these questions through an i...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2017]
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Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2017, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 189-198 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDB Roman Catholic Church NBK Soteriology NCD Political ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Friendship B Kingdom of God B Creation B Human Behavior B Bioethics B Catholic Church B Soteriology B Politics B Meilaender, Gilbert B Teleology |
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| Summary: | How do Christian beliefs about human nature and destiny set possibilities for and limits to our political aspirations and goals? Specifically, what is the proper relation between a theology of creation and soteriology in Christian political ethics? This article considers these questions through an interpretation of the development of Gilbert Meilaender’s political thought. It concludes with some questions about that development as it stands, as well as from the standpoint of salient themes in Roman Catholic social teaching. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "Friendly Rejoinders (2017)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946816684447 |