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Christianity and Civil Society : Catholic and Neo-Calvinist Perspectives

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Outline: This book responds to the crisis of American democracy as perceived by such diverse thinkers as Christopher Lasch, Michael Sandel, Mary Ann Glendon, and Robert Putnam. Despite their philosophical differences, these thinkers highlight a common theme: a decline in the institutions of civil society once hold to be the vital center of the American polity. In place of these institutions - such as the family, neighborhood, church, and civic associations - one finds a disturbingly reduced sociopolitical stage, dominated by an abstract triumvirate of the individual, state, and market as prime actors. Whether taking their inspiration from the political theology of St. Thomas Aquinas and papal encyclicals or from John Calvin and his heirs in the Reformed traditions, the authors assembled here find the doctrinal resources of Christianity indispensable to defending the irreducible identity and value of the social institutions that serve as the connective tissue of a political community. By drawing upon a treasury of social thought little known to most Americans, this book offers a fresh vantage point from which to assess the crisis of our polity as well as the best prospects for its renewal.

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

261.82 S336c

Penerbit

Lanham, United Kingdom : Lexington Books., 2008

Deskripsi Fisik

198

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-0-7391-0884-0

Klasifikasi

261.82

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Subjek

Christianity and culture
Christianity and politics -- Catholic Church
Christianity and politics -- Reformed Church
Church and state -- Catholic Church
Church and state -- Reformed Church

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