Way of Life

John Paul II and the Challenge of Liberal Modernity

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

The passing of John Paul II provoked questions about the Pope, particularly in his relation to modernity. Was he opposed to the tenets of modernity, as some critics claimed? Or did he accommodate modernity in a way no Pope ever had, as his champions asserted? In The Way of Life, Carson Holloway examines the fundamental philosophers of modernity-from Hobbes to Toqueville-to suggest that John Paul II's critique of modernity is intended not to reject, but to improve. Thus, claims Holloway, it is appropriate for liberal modernity to attend to the Pope's thought, receiving it not as the attack of an enemy but as the criticism of a candid friend.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-06-10
Mått:148 x 208 x 15 mm
Vikt:327 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:204
Förlag:Baylor University Press
ISBN:9781932792966

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Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Carson Holloway (Ph.D. Northern Illinois University) is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a former William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in Princeton University's James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. He is the author of Magnanimity and Statesmanship (2008), The Right Darwin: Evolution, Religion, and the Future of Democracy (2006), and All Shook Up: Music, Passion, and Politics (2000).

Recensioner i media

Holloway explicates how the late John Paul II profoundly understood the foundations of modern liberalism. -David Novak, J. Richard and Dororthy Shiff Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Toronto

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsPreface1. Introduction2. The Gospel of Life and the Culture of Death3. Hobbes and the Origins of Liberal Modernity4. Locke's Theistic Liberalism5. Hume and the Morality of Sympathy6. The Ambiguity of the American Founding 7. Tocqueville and the Moral Trajectory of Modern Democracy8. ConclusionBibliography