Frank G. Kirkpatrick is Ellsworth Morton Tracy Lecturer and Charles A. Dana Professor of Religion at Trinity College. He is the author of The Ethics of Community, Together Bound: God, History, and the Religious Community, and numerous articles.

This is an important book, not only because it breaks new ground in the articulation and exploration of one of the most profound yet undeservedly neglected philosophers of the 20th century, but also because in revealing the genius of its subject (John Macmurray) Frank Kirkpatrick helps us to engage with some of the most important social and political challenges of our time.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 An Intellectual Biography of John Macmurray: From Evangelicalism to MarxismChapter 3 Macmurray's Engagement with Marxian Thought in the 1930sChapter 4 Community in Marx and Macmurray: A ReappraisalChapter 5 Christianity, Fascism, and the Clue to HistoryChapter 6 The Gifford Lectures: The Self as AgentChapter 7 The Gifford Lectures: Persons in RelationChapter 8 Macmurray and Contemporary Political PhilosophyChapter 9 The Family and Small Communities in Political ThoughtChapter 10 Democracy, Human Nature, and the Nation-StateChapter 11 BibliographyChapter 12 IndexChapter 13 About the Author

Frank G. Kirkpatrick is Ellsworth Morton Tracy Lecturer and Charles A. Dana Professor of Religion at Trinity College. He is the author of The Ethics of Community, Together Bound: God, History, and the Religious Community, and numerous articles.

This is an important book, not only because it breaks new ground in the articulation and exploration of one of the most profound yet undeservedly neglected philosophers of the 20th century, but also because in revealing the genius of its subject (John Macmurray) Frank Kirkpatrick helps us to engage with some of the most important social and political challenges of our time.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 An Intellectual Biography of John Macmurray: From Evangelicalism to MarxismChapter 3 Macmurray's Engagement with Marxian Thought in the 1930sChapter 4 Community in Marx and Macmurray: A ReappraisalChapter 5 Christianity, Fascism, and the Clue to HistoryChapter 6 The Gifford Lectures: The Self as AgentChapter 7 The Gifford Lectures: Persons in RelationChapter 8 Macmurray and Contemporary Political PhilosophyChapter 9 The Family and Small Communities in Political ThoughtChapter 10 Democracy, Human Nature, and the Nation-StateChapter 11 BibliographyChapter 12 IndexChapter 13 About the Author