The Family in Christian Social and Political Thought

ISBN-13: 9780199271962 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 320 str.

Brent Waters

Opis

Brent Waters examines the historical roots and contemporary implications of the virtual disappearance of the family in late liberal and Christian social and political thought. Waters argues that the principal cause of this disappearance is late liberalism's fixation on individual autonomy, which renders familial bonds unintelligible. He traces the history of this emphasis, from its origin in Hobbes and Locke, through Kant, to such contemporary theorists as Rawls and Okin. In response, Waters offers an alternative normative account of the family's role in social and political ordering, drawing upon the work of Althusius, Grotius, Dooyeweerd, and O'Donovan.

Recenzje

This is a very closely reasoned and researched text with an impressive breadth of information ... I highly commend it as one of the best reference works for those who want an in-depth analysis of the Christian social and political views of the family.

O autorze

Brent Waters is Director, The Jerre L. and Mary Joy Stead Center for Ethics and Values, and Associate Professor of Christian Social Ethics, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.