TY - BOOK AU - Jackson,Timothy P. TI - Political agape: Christian Love and liberal democracy T2 - Emory University studies in law and religion SN - 9781467443081 AV - BR115.P7 J26 2015eb U1 - 261.7 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Grand Rapids, Michigan PB - William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company KW - Christianity and politics KW - Love KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Liberalism KW - fast KW - Liberalism / Religious aspects / Christianity KW - Love / Religious aspects / Christianity KW - Agape KW - gnd KW - Gottesliebe KW - Liberalismus KW - Zivilgesellschaft KW - RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION / Christianity / General KW - USA KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes indexes; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Liberal introduction: Jesus and Abraham -- part 1. Liberalism and agape. Love and Mr. Lincoln -- The image of God and the soul of humanity: reflections on dignity, sanctity, and democracy -- The return of the prodigal?: liberal theory and religious pluralism -- part 2. Replies to contemporary liberals and antiliberals. To Bedlam and partway back: John Rawls and Christian justice -- A house divided, again: Dworkin and Singer on sanctity and dignity -- The theory and practice of discomfort: Richard Rorty and liberal patriotism -- Defending democracy without traducing tradition: Jeffrey Stout's "pragmatic vision" -- The cross and democratic politics: agape, self-sacrifice, and human rights -- part 3. Love, law, and modern moral issues. Euthanasia and capital punishment: Christianity and the right to death -- Both Shylock and Oedipus: why many accounts of Christian complicity in the Holocaust are only half right -- Keeping marriage sacred: the Christian case for gay and lesbian wedlock -- Suffering the suffering children: Christianity and the rights and wrongs of adoption -- Prophetic conclusion: Martin Luther King Jr UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1058369 ER -