Theology and the soul of the liberal state

Introduction / Leonard Kaplan and Charles Cohen -- Part I: The nature of religious argument -- Naked in the public square : depth of commitment in the liberal state today / Lenn E. Goodman -- Social contract in modern Jewish thought : a theological critique / David Novak -- Justices story and Holmes...

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Contributors: Kaplan, Leonard V. (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Lanham, Md. [u.a.] Lexington Books 2010
In:Year: 2010
Series/Journal:Graven images
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B State / Religion / Liberalism / Democracy
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Religion and state
B Religion And Politics
B Liberalism Religious aspects
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Summary:Introduction / Leonard Kaplan and Charles Cohen -- Part I: The nature of religious argument -- Naked in the public square : depth of commitment in the liberal state today / Lenn E. Goodman -- Social contract in modern Jewish thought : a theological critique / David Novak -- Justices story and Holmes in the realm of the "brooding omnipresence" / Ann Althouse -- Theology, society and the vocation of the university / Arnold M. Eisen -- Part II: Theologies of the marketplace -- St. Augustine, markets, and the liberal polity / Elizabeth Mensch -- When markets and gambling converge / David A. Skeel, Jr. -- Part III: European perspectives -- A theological case for the liberal democratic state / Nicholas Wolterstorff -- Preserving the natural : Karl Barth, the Barmen Declaration : Article V, and Dietrick Bonhoeffe's Ethics / Carl J. Rasmussen -- Materialism and transcendence / John Milbank -- Part IV: Asian perspectives -- A Jewish and democratic state : a normative perspective / Aviezer Ravitzky -- In the shadows of modernity : theology and sovereignty in South Asian Islam / Ayesha Jalal -- A constitutional analysis of the secularization of the Tibetan diaspora : the role of the Dalai Lama / Lobsang Sangay -- Part V: Religion and terror -- Grave images : terror and justice / Regina M. Schwartz -- Compassion, knowledge and power : a Tibetan approach to politics and religion / John D. Dunne
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0739126172