In Pursuit of Justice

Christian-Democratic Explorations

AvJames W. Skillen

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

Del i serien Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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Beskrivning

This is a series of eight essays on diverse public policy concerns that asks the questions: What does racial justice, or environmental protection, or family policy look like when approached from a Christian-democratic perspective? And what about the civil-society questions of welfare, education, and political participation? The author, James W. Skillen, argues that the roots of a Christian-democratic approach are neither liberal nor conservative, but pluralistic, opening the way to a healthy regard for both social complexity and government's responsibility to uphold political community. Published in cooperation with the Center for Public Justice

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-09-14
Mått:155 x 232 x 11 mm
Vikt:297 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780742535244

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

James W. Skillen is the president of The Center for Public Justice, an Annapolis, Maryland-based independent civic education and policy research organization that grounds its research, publications, training, and advocacy in a comprehensive Christian political perspective.

Recensioner i media

This is a timely book about the relation of theory to practice and of Christian faith to politics. Its author first crafts a case for a Christian-democratic understanding of person, polity, and justice, and then explores possible implications of this worldview for various U.S. policy issues. The book is brief but thought provoking, written in clear and engaging prose and surveying an impressive range of scholarly literature. Among the chief merits of In Pursuit of Justice are its interdisciplinary character and its breadth. The arguments advanced should interest practitioners of many fields within political science, including political theory, American politics, policy studies, constitutional law, and religion and politics.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 What Distinguishes a Christian-Democratic Point of View?Chapter 2 Civil Society and Human DevelopmentChapter 3 The Question of Being HumanChapter 4 E Pluribus Unum and Faith-Based Welfare ReformChapter 5 The Cause of Racial JusticeChapter 6 Equal Education for AllChapter 7 Liberalism and the EnvironmentChapter 8 Citizenship and Electoral Reform