Christian Political Ethics / / ed. by John A. Coleman.

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• MitwirkendeR: Banner, Michael,; Biggar, Nigel,; Boyle, Joseph,; Cartwright, Michael G.,; Coleman, John A.,; Finnis, John,; Koontz, Theodore J.,; Little, David,; Miller, Richard B.,; Skillen, James W.,; Stackhouse, Max L.,
• HerausgeberIn: Coleman, John A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)

Christian Political Ethics brings together leading Christian scholars of diverse theological and ethical perspectives--Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist, and Anabaptist--to address fundamental questions of state and civil society, international law and relations, the role of the nation, and issues of vi...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Part I: State and Civil Society
• 1. Christianity and Civil Society
• 2. A Limited State and a Vibrant Society
• 3. Christianity, Civil Society, and the State
• Part II: Boundaries and Justice
• 4. Christian Attitudes toward Boundaries
• 5. The Value of Limited Loyalty: Christianity, the Nation, and Territorial Boundaries
• Part III: Pluralism
• 6. Conscientious Individualism: A Christian Perspective on Ethical Pluralism
• 7. Pluralism as a Matter of Principle
• Part IV: International Society
• 8. Christianity and the Prospects for a New Global Order
• 9. Globalization and Catholic Social Thought: Mutual Challenges
• Part V: War and Peace
• 10. The Ethics of War and Peace in the Catholic Natural Law Tradition
• 11. Just War Thinking in Catholic Natural Law
• 12. Christian Nonviolence: An Interpretation
• 13. Conflicting Interpretations of Christian Pacifism
• Contributors
• Index