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The Pretenses of Loyalty

Author : John Perry
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199339953
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book The Pretenses of Loyalty written by John Perry and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-06 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the face of ongoing religious conflicts and unending culture wars, what are we to make of liberalism's promise that it alone can arbitrate between church and state? In this wide-ranging study, John Perry examines the roots of our thinking on religion and politics, placing the early-modern founders of liberalism in conversation with today's theologians and political philosophers. From the story of Antigone to debates about homosexuality and bans on religious attire, it is clear that liberalism's promise to solve all theo-political conflict is a false hope. The philosophy connecting John Locke to John Rawls seeks a world free of tragic dilemmas, where there can be no Antigones. Perry rejects this as an illusion. Disputes like the culture wars cannot be adequately comprehended as border encroachments presided over by an impartial judge. Instead, theo-political conflict must be considered a contest of loyalties within each citizen and believer. Drawing on critics of Rawls ranging from Michael Sandel to Stanley Hauerwas, Perry identifies what he calls a 'turn to loyalty' by those who recognize the inadequacy of our usual thinking on the public place of religion. The Pretenses of Loyalty offers groundbreaking analysis of the overlooked early work of Locke, where liberalism's founder himself opposed toleration. Perry discovers that Locke made a turn to loyalty analogous to that of today's communitarian critics. Liberal toleration is thus more sophisticated, more theologically subtle, and ultimately more problematic than has been supposed. It demands not only governmental neutrality (as Rawls believed) but also a reworked political theology. Yet this must remain under suspicion for Christians because it places religion in the service of the state. Perry concludes by suggesting where we might turn next, looking beyond our usual boundaries to possibilities obscured by the liberalism we have inherited.

The Peril and Promise of Christian Liberty

Author : Littlejohn, W. Bradford
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802872565
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book The Peril and Promise of Christian Liberty written by Littlejohn, W. Bradford and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when Christians must obey God rather than human authorities? In this book W. Bradford Littlejohn addresses that question as he unpacks the magisterial political-theological work of Richard Hooker, a leading figure in the sixteenth-century English Reformation, through the lens of Christian liberty. Book jacket.

Against Values

Author : Philip J. Harold
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538169819
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Against Values written by Philip J. Harold and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s wholesale lack of trust in our institutions is a problem with deep roots in liberalism, and it cannot be solved by tweaking a liberal paradigm in which different conceptions of the good create conflict that is resolved by a sovereign state without reference to a nonexclusive common good. Ultimately, the essence of liberalism is contained in the language of values which serve as wedges to divide people. Philip J. Harold takes this problem head-on with a thoroughgoing survey, reaching back to the early modern era, to uncover the nature of liberalism’s basic assumptions and diagnose its breakdown. As opposed to traditional liberal denial of a good superior to individual interest, Harold proposes a postliberal political philosophy able to understand the common good as friendship and social trust built up by loyalty. While critiquing values language, Harold also addresses the concept of sovereignty and the invention of morality as its supplement, the inappropriate distinction between the empirical and the transcendental, the true nature of the secular and the sacred, the necessarily symbolic expression of the common good, and the false conceptualization of religion and politics.

Political Affections

Author : Joshua Hordern
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191626686
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Political Affections written by Joshua Hordern and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the nature of affections such as joy, compassion, sorrow, and shame and what role do they play in politics? While political experience is replete with affectivity, the affective dimension of political experience has typically been under-conceptualised in political theory. Joshua Hordern argues that Christian political theology and contemporary theory of emotions have resources to respond to this challenge and, in so doing, to offer diagnoses and remedies for the political alienation and democratic deficit which trouble contemporary political life. Hordern contends that affections have a cognitive aptitude whereby they become enduring features of shared political reasoning. In conversation with Martha Nussbaum, Jürgen Habermas, Roger Scruton, Oliver O'Donovan and other political thinkers both classical and contemporary, his argument interrelates affections with memory, moral order, death, suffering, virtue, neuroscience, familial life and national identity. In contrast to dualisms which would separate reason from affection and theology from politics, Hordern describes the way that affections' role in politics is shaped by the eschatological commitments of political thought. Through close attention to Deuteronomy, Luke and Acts, Hordern considers the role of affections in institutions of political representation, law and healthcare. Over against post-national visions which underplay locality in human identity, the account of political affectivity which emerges suggests that civic participation, critical patriotic loyalties, social trust and international concern will be primarily galvanised by the renewal of local affections through effective political representation. Moreover, churches, shaped by the affective vision of their Scriptures, are to embody the joyful, hopeful affective life of the Kingdom of God and thereby offer renewal to social and political experience at local, national and international levels.

Loyalty's Price

Author : Diana Davis
Publisher : Daughters of Columbia Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Loyalty's Price written by Diana Davis and published by Daughters of Columbia Books. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An American patriot in occupied territory, Mercy finds herself falling for an enemy officer. Will she choose her country or her heart? Mercy Hayes never intended to return to Philadelphia while the redcoats occupy her home—until her cousin needs her. Mercy holds her nose—literally and figuratively—to come back to the city to help, trying to forget her last moments in the city and an encounter with a certain handsome enemy captain. Captain Lawrence Rogers knows that His Majesty’s troops cannot win the war unless they can sway the hearts and minds of Americans. But when Mercy Hayes joins him in Lord David Beaufort’s household, there’s only one heart Lawrence only cares to win. Lawrence and Mercy find themselves drawn to one another even while their loyalties threaten to tear them apart. Can these star-crossed lovers find a way forward together, or will the war come between them forever?

The Portable Enlightenment Reader

Author : Various
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110112797X
Total Pages : 705 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Portable Enlightenment Reader written by Various and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1995-12-01 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Age of Enlightenment of the 18th century, also called the Age of Reason, was so named for an intellectual movement that shook the foundations of Western civilization. In championing radical ideas such as individual liberty and an empirical appraisal of the universe through rational inquiry and natural experience, Enlightenment philosophers in Europe and America planted the seeds for modern liberalism, cultural humanism, science and technology, and laissez-faire Capitalism This volume brings together works from this era, with more than 100 selections from a range of sources. It includes examples by Kant, Diderot, Voltaire, Newton, Rousseau, Locke, Franklin, Jefferson, Madison, and Paine that demonstrate the pervasive impact of Enlightenment views on philosophy and epistemology as well as on political, social, and economic institutions.

The Oxford Handbook of Secularism

Author : Phil Zuckerman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199988455
Total Pages : 793 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Secularism written by Phil Zuckerman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 793 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As recent headlines reveal, conflicts and debates around the world increasingly involve secularism. National borders and traditional religions cannot keep people in tidy boxes as political struggles, doctrinal divergences, and demographic trends are sweeping across regions and entire continents. And secularity is increasing in society, with a growing number of people in many regions having no religious affiliation or lacking interest in religion. Simultaneously, there is a resurgence of religious participation in the politics of many countries. How might these diverse phenomena be better understood? Long-reigning theories about the pace of secularization and ideal church-state relations are under invigorated scrutiny by scholars studying secularism with new questions, better data, and fresh perspectives. The Oxford Handbook of Secularism offers a wide-ranging and in-depth examination of this global conversation, bringing together the views of an international collection of prominent experts in their respective fields. This is the essential volume for comprehending the core issues and methodological approaches to the demographics and sociology of secularity; the history and variety of political secularisms; the comparison of constitutional secularisms across many countries from America to Asia; the key problems now convulsing church-state relations; the intersections of liberalism, multiculturalism, and religion; the latest psychological research into secular lives and lifestyles; and the naturalistic and humanistic worldviews available to nonreligious people.

Reinventing Liberal Christianity

Author : Theo Hobson
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802868401
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Reinventing Liberal Christianity written by Theo Hobson and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-16 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In past years liberal Christianity challenged centuries of authoritarian tradition and had great political influence. Today it is widely dismissed as a watering-down of the faith, and more conservative forms of Christianity are increasingly dominant. Can the liberal Christian tradition recover its influence? Hobson argues that a simple revival is not possible, because liberal Christianity consists of two traditions. He aims to transform liberal Christianity through the rediscovery of faith and ritual.

The War of the Rebellion

Author : United States. War Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1152 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War of the Rebellion written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 1152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reconstructing the Common Good in Education

Author : Larry Cuban
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804738637
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (386 download)

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Download or read book Reconstructing the Common Good in Education written by Larry Cuban and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What constitutes the common good in American public education? This volume explores the ongoing debate between those who expect schools to cultivate citizens through personal, moral, and social development, as well as to bind diverse groups into one nation, and a new generation of school reformers intent on using schools to solve the nation's economic problems by equipping students with marketable skills.

Freedom of Religion

Author : Stephen A. Smith
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0999728318
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Freedom of Religion written by Stephen A. Smith and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-05-07 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2019 James Madison Prize for Outstanding Research in First Amendment Studies. What are the arguments for and against government restrictions on religious beliefs and practices? To what extent can or should government support religion? Why is religious liberty important? Now a comprehensive anthology comprising 300 important writings on religious liberty is available to address and examine these questions, and Smith provides the important historical grounding and philosophical positions that guide readers through these significant selections. It will remain a significant reference work to facilitate reasoned discussions of freedom of religion, whether for education or advocacy, in the classroom or the public sphere. This outstanding collection should be in every library and on the desk of anyone seeking to understand or shape public policies affecting religious liberty.

Narrative Desire and the Book of Ruth

Author : Stephanie Day Powell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567678768
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book Narrative Desire and the Book of Ruth written by Stephanie Day Powell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephanie Day Powell illuminates the myriad forms of persuasion, inducement, discontent, and heartbreak experienced by readers of Ruth. Writing from a lesbian perspective, Powell draws upon biblical scholarship, contemporary film and literature, narrative studies, feminist and queer theories, trauma studies and psychoanalytic theory to trace the workings of desire that produced the book of Ruth and shaped its history of reception. Wrestling with the arguments for and against reading Ruth as a love story between women, Powell gleans new insights into the ancient world in which Ruth was written. Ruth is known as a tale of two courageous women, the Moabite Ruth and her Israelite mother-in-law Naomi. As widows with scarce means of financial or social support, Ruth and Naomi are forced to creatively subvert the economic and legal systems of their day in order to survive. Through exceptional acts of loyalty, they, along with their kinsman Boaz, re-establish the bonds of family and community, while preserving the line of Israel's great king David. Yet for many, the story of Ruth is deeply dissatisfying. Scholars increasingly recognize how Ruth's textual “gaps” and ambiguities render conventional interpretations of the book's meaning and purpose uncertain. Feminist and queer interpreters question the appropriation of a woman's story to uphold patriarchal institutions and heteronormative values. Such avenues of inquiry lend themselves to questions of narrative desire, that is, the study of how stories frame our desires and how our own complex longings affect the way we read.

Loyal Subjects

Author : Elizabeth Duquette
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813547806
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Loyal Subjects written by Elizabeth Duquette and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loyal Subjects considers how the Civil War complicated the cultural value of emotion, especially the ideal of sympathy.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
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Download or read book Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists written by and published by . This book was released on 1948-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is the premier public resource on scientific and technological developments that impact global security. Founded by Manhattan Project Scientists, the Bulletin's iconic "Doomsday Clock" stimulates solutions for a safer world.

The intellectual adventure of modern man

Author : Brayton Polka
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book The intellectual adventure of modern man written by Brayton Polka and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

United States of America V. Cywan

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
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Download or read book United States of America V. Cywan written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Classics of Modern Political Theory

Author : Steven M. Cahn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1048 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Classics of Modern Political Theory written by Steven M. Cahn and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 1048 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classics of Modern Political Theory: Machiavelli to Mill brings together the complete texts or substantial selections from the masterpieces of modern political theory. The most comprehensive anthology of its kind, this volume includes well-known works by Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hegel, and Marx, and significant contributions from Spinoza, Montesquieu, Hume, Adam Smith, Kant, Burke, Bentham, and Tocqueville. A distinctive feature of this collection is the inclusion of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and numerous papers from The Federalist. An extended introduction to each author's writings, provided by a renowned authority on the subject, features biographical data, philosophical commentary, and bibliographical guides. Ideal for courses in political philosophy and intellectual history, as well as surveys of Western Civilization, this book presents influential authors and ideas that have shaped modern political thought.