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1 online resource (ix, 205 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
In this book, leading Christian political thinkers and practitioners critique the Rawlsian concepts of "justice as fairness" and "public reason" from the perspective of Christian political theory and practice. It provides a new level of analysis from Christian perspectives, including implications for such hot topics as the culture war. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The early Rawls : what is justice as fairness? / Karen Taliaferro -- The late Rawls : what is public reason? / Micah Watson -- Much more than fairness : the shape of justice in the new testament / Matthew B. Arbo -- What does justice mean without God? / Jerome C. Foss -- Can human beings have intrinsic dignity or equality without God? / Matthew Parks -- The secularist biases of Rawls' neutral rules / Hunter Baker -- Does pluralism require religion to be either rationalized or cast out of society? / Joseph M. Knippenberg -- Rawls and civil society / Daniel Kelly -- Rawls and economic justice / John Addison Teevan -- Rawls and the culture war / Bryan McGraw. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rawls, John, 1921-2002.
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Rawls, John, 1921-2002. |
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Christianity and justice.
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Christianity and justice. |
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Electronic books.
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Bradley, Anthony B., 1971- editor.
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Forster, Greg, 1973- editor.
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Arbo, Matthew.
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Baker, Hunter.
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Foss, Jerome C.
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Kelly, Daniel.
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Knippenberg, Joseph.
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McGraw, Bryan.
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Parks, Matthew.
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Taliaferro, Karen.
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Teevan, John Addison.
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Watson, Micah.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: John Rawls and Christian social engagement. Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Lexington Books, [2015] 9781498504942 (DLC) 2014044351 (OCoLC)898273539 |
| ISBN |
9781498504959 (electronic book) |
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1498504957 (electronic book) |
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9781498504942 (cloth alkaline paper) |
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1498504949 (cloth alkaline paper) |
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9781498504966 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1498504965 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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