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The family in Christian social and political thought /

Waters proposes a normative account of the family's role in social and political ordering that draws upon a spectrum of theological and philosophical resources. He contens that when families are properly ordered they are oriented toward broader spheres of human association.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Waters, Brent
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:Oxford studies in theological ethics.
Subjects:
Families > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Family policy.
Christianity and politics.
Familles > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Politique familiale.
Christianisme et politique.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
Christianity and politics
Families > Religious aspects > Christianity
Family policy
Christentum
Gesellschaft
Familie
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Biblical and historical sources
  • Modern liberalism and its critics
  • Late liberalism and contemporary Christian thought
  • Retrospect and prospect
  • Alternative conceptual themes
  • The teleological ordering of the family
  • The church and the family
  • The family, the church, and civil ordering.