Political Agape: Christian Love and Liberal Democracy
Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Liberal Introduction: Jesus and Abraham -- Part I: Liberalism and Agape -- 1. Love and Mr. Lincoln -- 2. The Image of God and the Soul of Humanity: Reflections on Dignity, Sanctity, and Democracy -- 3. The Return of the Prodigal? Liberal Theory and Religiou...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Grand Rapids
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Jackson, Timothy P., 1954-, Political Agape] (2017) (Tuininga, Matthew J.)
Political Agape: Christian Love and Liberal Democracy, Timothy P. Jackson, Eerdmans, 2015 (ISBN 978-0-8028-7246-3), xii + 427 pp., pb 40 (2016) (Harden, Glenn M.) |
| Series/Journal: | Emory University Studies in Law and Religion
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Christianity and politics
B Liberalism - Religious aspects - Christianity B Electronic books |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Jackson, Timothy P: Political Agape : Christian Love and Liberal Democracy. - Grand Rapids : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.,c2015. - 9780802872463 |
| Summary: | Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Liberal Introduction: Jesus and Abraham -- Part I: Liberalism and Agape -- 1. Love and Mr. Lincoln -- 2. The Image of God and the Soul of Humanity: Reflections on Dignity, Sanctity, and Democracy -- 3. The Return of the Prodigal? Liberal Theory and Religious Pluralism -- Part II: Replies to Contemporary Liberals and Antiliberals -- 4. To Bedlam and Partway Back: John Rawls and Christian Justice -- 5. A House Divided, Again: Dworkin and Singer on Sanctity and Dignity -- 6. The Theory and Practice of Discomfort: Richard Rorty and Liberal Patriotism -- 7. Defending Democracy without Traducing Tradition: Jeffrey Stout's "Pragmatic Vision" -- 8. The Cross and Democratic Politics: Agape, Self--Sacrifice, and Human Rights -- Part III: Love, Law, and Modern Moral Issues -- 9. Euthanasia and Capital Punishment: Christianity and the Right to Death -- 10. Both Shylock and Oedipus: Why Many Accounts of Christian Complicity in the Holocaust Are Only Half Right -- 11. Keeping Marriage Sacred: The Christian Case for Gay and Lesbian Wedlock -- 12. Suffering the Suffering Children: Christianity and the Rights and Wrongs of Adoption -- Prophetic Conclusion: Martin Luther King Jr. -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects |
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| ISBN: | 1467443085 |