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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bushlack, Thomas J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, [2015]
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Table of Contents:
  • The theological challenge of political authority
  • Civic virtue in Thomas Aquinas's account of justice
  • A passion for justice
  • Civic virtue and natural law
  • Civic virtue and contemporary political philosophy
  • Toward a constructive account of civic virtue and public rhetoric
  • Politics for a pilgrim church.