Christianity and Civil Society

Catholic and Neo-Calvinist Perspectives
Herausgeber: Schindler, Jeanne Heffernan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A work of contemporary Christian political thought, this volume addresses the crisis of modern democracy evident in the decline of the institutions of civil society and their theoretical justification. Drawing upon a rich store of social and political reflection found in the Catholic and Neo-Calvinist traditions, the essays mount a robust defense of the irreducible identity and value of the social institutions_family, neighborhood, church, civic association_that serve as the connective tissue of a political community.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 501g
• ISBN-13: 9780739108840
• ISBN-10: 0739108840
• Artikelnr.: 23429529

Autorenporträt

Edited by Jeanne Heffernan Schindler - Contributions by Stanley Carlson-Thies; Jonathan Chaplin; Jean Bethke Elshtain; Kenneth L. Grasso; Russell Hittinger; Timothy Sherratt and James W. Skillen

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Chapter One: "Social
Pluralism and Subsidiarity in Catholic Social Doctrine" Chapter 4 Chapter
Two: "The Subsidiary State: Society, the State, and the Principle of
Subsidiarity in Catholic Social Thought" Chapter 5 Chapter Three: "Civil
Society and the State: A Neo-Calvinist Perspective" Chapter 6 Chapter Four:
"The Pluralist Philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd" Chapter 7 Chapter Five:
"Resources for a New Public Philosophy: The Individual, Civil Society, and
the State in Catholic Social Thought" Chapter 8 Chapter Six: "Christian
Democracy in America?" Chapter 9 Chapter Seven: "Why Should Washington, D.
C. Listen to Rome and Geneva About Public Policy for Civil Society?"