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Author : Dale McConkey
Release : 2003
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 835/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Faith, Morality, and Civil Society by : Dale McConkey
Download or read book Faith, Morality, and Civil Society written by Dale McConkey. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Editors Dale McConkey and Peter Augustine Lawler explore the contributions that religious faith and morality can make to a civil society.
Author : Bernard J. Coughlin
Release : 2012-09-27
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 946/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Soul of a Nation by : Bernard J. Coughlin
Download or read book The Soul of a Nation written by Bernard J. Coughlin. This book was released on 2012-09-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since World War II, there have been many changes in our nation due to shifts in our philosophy of man and moral law. The Soul of a Nation is a series of essays on these critical transformations in our society. This book will be of interest to citizens and scholars who question our society’s political drift in recent years. The Soul of a Nation was written not only for scholars and students, but for their parents and elders as well.
Author : Adela Cortina Orts
Release : 2003
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 400/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Covenant and Contract by : Adela Cortina Orts
Download or read book Covenant and Contract written by Adela Cortina Orts. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern republicanism nevertheless turns liberal and opts for the contract between independent beings as fiat of the political world." "But the Contract is not self-sufficient, since anyone who looks back to their roots will come to the narration of reciprocal recognition. The Covenant falls similarly short, as those who forget the parable of independence may well have a disregard for justice." "In a dialogue with the most relevant philosophical currents of the age, the book proposes an articulation of politics, ethics and religion appropriate for our own time, starting from the contract between independent beings and from the reciprocal recognition of those who know themselves to be human."--Jacket.
Author : David Hollenbach, SJ
Release : 2003-10-09
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 435/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Global Face of Public Faith by : David Hollenbach, SJ
Download or read book The Global Face of Public Faith written by David Hollenbach, SJ. This book was released on 2003-10-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Global Face of Public Faith addresses the hotly debated question of the role religion should play in politics in both the American and international contexts. It engages the fears that public religion threatens American democracy and could lead to a global clash of civilizations and new wars of religion. It analyzes how Christianity can attain common ground with other religious communities, thus becoming a force for peace and human rights. The separation of church from state need not mean the privatization of religion. Religious engagement in public life can strengthen civic life by encouraging active citizen participation that promotes both justice and peace. The question of religion and politics should thus become an argument about how faith becomes public, not whether it does. Religious communities, Christianity in particular, should be vigorous advocates of human rights, democratic governance, and economic development worldwide. In so doing, they will also become peacemakers. David Hollenbach is a calm voice of reason in a chaotic world, with an eye that sees beyond national horizons to where human needs and human rights converge. He is convinced that religious traditions can find common ground—through the use of rights and rights language. The Global Face of Public Faith reinforces his commitment to confronting such issues as poverty and economic development, globalism, and interreligious dialogue. He focuses here on faith and the Catholic tradition in politics; the role of the church in American public life; and the wider issues of global challenges and ethics—in a search for a common set of moral standards and a international ethic through a commitment to universal human rights. While not denying the difficulties of forging such a consensus, he nonetheless sees the possibility for justice, and reasons for hope. And hope is something the world can always use.
Author : Don E. Eberly
Release : 2002
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 248/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Soul of Civil Society by : Don E. Eberly
Download or read book The Soul of Civil Society written by Don E. Eberly. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans care about the public value of moral habits. They like to see virtue rewarded and vice censured, appealing as this does to the nation's deep sense that one's success rests neither in money nor in power but in one's civility. In The Soul of Civil Society Don Eberly and Ryan Streeter look beyond such abstractions as the 'voluntary sector' and superficial communitarian solutions to civic anomie to identify the pivotal role played by local voluntary associations in a civil society. Not only important for the services they provide, these 'little platoons, ' as Edmund Burke labeled them, are the public incubators of a 'new' morality, their emphasis on civic engagement at the local level central to preserving America's democratic culture on the national and international stage. More than simply championing the promise of a social renaissance, The Soul of Civil Society is essential reading for those seeking to do battle with a culturally entrenched individualism that threatens the core of America's moral vitality
