The Family in Christian Social and Political Thought Hardback
by Brent (Director, The Jerre L. and Mary Joy Stead Center for Ethics and Values, and Associate Waters
Part of the Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics series
Hardback
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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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:19/07/2007
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- ISBN:9780199271962
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:19/07/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199271962
