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Kristen Deede Johnson - Theology, Political Theory, and Pluralism, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

Theology, Political Theory, and Pluralism

Beyond Tolerance and Difference

Av Kristen Deede Johnson

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How can we live together in the midst of our differences? This is one of the most pressing questions of our time. Tolerance has been the bedrock of political liberalism, while proponents of agonistic political thought and radical democracy have sought an answer that allows a deeper celebration of difference. Kristen Deede Johnson describes the move from tolerance to difference, and the accompanying move from epistemology to ontology, within political theory. Building on this 'ontological turn', in search of a theological answer to the question, she puts Augustine into conversation with recent political theorists and theologians. This theological option enables the Church to envision a way to engage with contemporary political society without losing its own embodied story and practices. It contributes to our broader political imagination by offering a picture of rich engagement between the many different particularities that constitute a pluralist society.
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Kristen Deede Johnson is Associate Director of The CrossRoads Project and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Hope College, Michigan.

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Review of the hardback: 'In this book, Kristen Johnson [argues] for a pluralism of public spaces [that] takes us fruitfully beyond the 'great unexamined assumption' of the nation-state. On the way, Johnson provides the best available survey of liberal and agonist political theories. She then turns to Augustine for a theological way to imagine a harmony of political identity and difference. In her writing Johnson does not merely argue for, but exemplifies, the fidelity to particularity and graciousness toward difference at the basis of her political theory. Johnson rises above the noise of the 'clash of civilizations' to give us a way to deal with difference without war.' William T. Cavanaugh, Associate Professor of Theology, University of St. Thomas

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