Eric Patterson

Christianity and Power Politics Today

Christian Realism and Contemporary Political Dilemmas

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume aims to reconstruct and debate a contemporary Christian realist framework, while also applying such a perspective to the issues of contemporary politics such as the Bush Doctrine, the laws of war, democracy and democratization, U.S. participation in international institutions, and apocalyptic terrorism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-60264-9
• 2008 edition
• Seitenzahl: 187
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 159mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9780230602649
• ISBN-10: 0230602649
• Artikelnr.: 22894945

Autorenporträt

ERIC PATTERSON is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Vanguard University, USA. 

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Christian Realism and Power Politics; E.Patterson Reconceptualizing the Meaning of Christian Realism for the 21st Century; A.Coll Christian Realism and Just War Theory: A Critique; K.Pavlischek Christian Political Realism and the Inherent Contradictions of American Liberalism; P.A.Lawler Christian Realism and the Ethics of Contemporary Warfare; C.A.Jones Christian Realism and the Bush Doctrine; M.Amstutz The Fog of Peace: Utopianism, Realism, and Radical Islam; J.Loconte Christian Realism, the English School, and the Practice of Foreign Policy; A.Watson International Institutions and Christian Realism: Is Multilateralism Moral?; D.Young Christian Realism and Human Rights: Reconsidering the Moral Basis and Political Defense of Global Human Rights; E.Patterson