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John Rawls and Christian social engagement [electronic resource] : justice as unfairness / edited by Anthony B. Bradley and Greg Forster.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (217 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498504959
  • 1498504957
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: John Rawls and Christian Social Engagement : Justice as Unfairness.; Print version:: John Rawls and Christian social engagementDDC classification:
  • 320.01/1
LOC classification:
  • JC251.R32 J634 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Understanding Rawls; Chapter One: The "Early Rawls"; Chapter Two: The "Late Rawls"; II: Rawls and Christian Ethics; Chapter Three: Much More Than Fairness; Chapter Four: What Does Justice Mean without God?; Chapter Five: Can Human Beings Have Intrinsic Dignity or Equality without God?; Chapter Six: The Secularist Biases of Rawls's "Neutral" Rules; Chapter Seven: Does "Pluralism" Require Religion to Be Either Rationalized or Cast Out of Society?; III: What It Means in Practice; Chapter Eight: Rawls and Civil Society.
Chapter Nine: Rawls and Economic JusticeChapter Ten: Rawls and the Culture War; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Editors and Contributors.
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.
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Understanding Rawls; Chapter One: The "Early Rawls"; Chapter Two: The "Late Rawls"; II: Rawls and Christian Ethics; Chapter Three: Much More Than Fairness; Chapter Four: What Does Justice Mean without God?; Chapter Five: Can Human Beings Have Intrinsic Dignity or Equality without God?; Chapter Six: The Secularist Biases of Rawls's "Neutral" Rules; Chapter Seven: Does "Pluralism" Require Religion to Be Either Rationalized or Cast Out of Society?; III: What It Means in Practice; Chapter Eight: Rawls and Civil Society.

Chapter Nine: Rawls and Economic JusticeChapter Ten: Rawls and the Culture War; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Editors and Contributors.

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.

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