Politics for a pilgrim church : a Thomistic theory of civic virtue /
Church leaders and scholars have long wrestled with what should provide a guiding vision for Christian engagement in culture and politics. In this book Thomas Bushlack argues that a retrieval of Thomas Aquinas's understanding of civic virtue provides important resources for guiding this engagem...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Grand Rapids, Michigan :
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,
[2015]
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| Summary: | Church leaders and scholars have long wrestled with what should provide a guiding vision for Christian engagement in culture and politics. In this book Thomas Bushlack argues that a retrieval of Thomas Aquinas's understanding of civic virtue provides important resources for guiding this engagement today. Bushlack suggests that Aquinas's vision of the pilgrim church provides a fitting model for seeking the earthly common good of the political community, and he notes the features of a Thomistic account of justice and civic virtue that remain particularly salient for the twenty-first century. The book concludes with suggestions for cultivating a Christian rhetoric of the common good as an alternative to the predominant forms of discourse fostered within the culture wars that have been so divisive. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 271 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-267) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780802870902 0802870902 |