Christianity and Power Politics Today

Christian Realism and Contemporary Political Dilemmas
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-349-37096-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 187 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 254 g

This volume aims to reconstruct and debate a contemporary Christian realist framework, while also applying such a perspective to the issues of contemporary politics such as the Bush Doctrine, the laws of war, democracy and democratization, U.S. participation in international institutions, and apocalyptic terrorism.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Patterson, E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Christian Realism and Power Politics; E.Patterson Reconceptualizing the Meaning of Christian Realism for the 21st Century; A.Coll Christian Realism and Just War Theory: A Critique; K.Pavlischek Christian Political Realism and the Inherent Contradictions of American Liberalism; P.A.Lawler Christian Realism and the Ethics of Contemporary Warfare; C.A.Jones Christian Realism and the Bush Doctrine; M.Amstutz The Fog of Peace: Utopianism, Realism, and Radical Islam; J.Loconte Christian Realism, the English School, and the Practice of Foreign Policy; A.Watson International Institutions and Christian Realism: Is Multilateralism Moral?; D.Young Christian Realism and Human Rights: Reconsidering the Moral Basis and Political Defense of Global Human Rights; E.Patterson

Über Autor(innen)

ERIC PATTERSON is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Vanguard University, USA.