Politics, Theology and HistoryCambridge University Press, 2001 M01 29 - 380 páginas Politics, Theology and History, first published in 2001, is a major book by a prominent academic and an active politician. It ranges widely across the disciplines of theology, political theory and philosophy and poses acute questions about the basic moral foundations of liberal societies. Lord Plant focuses on the role that religious belief can and ought to play in argument about public policy in a pluralistic society. He examines the potential political implications of Christian belief and the ways in which it may be deployed in political debate. The book discusses the place of religious belief in the formation of policy and asks what issues in modern society might be the legitimate objects of a Christian social and political concern. This important study of the relationship between religion and politics will be of value to students, academics, politicians, church professionals, policy makers and all concerned with the moral fabric of contemporary life. |
Contenido
Preface | xiii |
Liberal society and political theology | 1 |
The possibility of political theology | 23 |
Theology and politics context community and prophecy | 25 |
God history and political theology | 44 |
Totality finitude and history | 79 |
Narratives and foundations | 112 |
Natural law and natural order | 142 |
Social justice freedom and the common good | 196 |
Human rights human dignity and the scope of responsibility | 224 |
Self and community | 257 |
Liberalism religion and social unity | 297 |
Introduction | 299 |
Policy and pluralism | 303 |
The civil community the religious community and the unity of society | 330 |
| 360 | |
The site of political theology | 171 |
Introduction | 173 |
Markets morality and theology | 177 |
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