Christianity and Political Philosophy

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-52047-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 549 g

Each chapter in Christianity and Political Philosophy addresses a philosophical problem generated by history. Frederick D. Wilhelmsen discusses the limits of natural law; Cicero and the politics of the public orthodoxy; the problem of political power and the forces of darkness; Sir John Fortescue and the English tradition; Donoso Cortes and the meaning of political power; the natural law tradition and the American political experience; Eric Voegelin and the Christian tradition; and Jaffa, the School of Strauss, and the Christian tradition.

Wilhelmsen is convinced that mainstream philosophy's suppression of the Christian experience, or its reduction of Christianity to myths, deprives both Christianity and philosophy. He argues that Christianity opened up an entirely new range of philosophical questions and speculation that today are part and parcel of the intellectual tradition of the West.

Wilhelmsen remains relevant because political philosophy in America today is following the historic cycle of political philosophy's importance: as things get worse for the nation because it is internally riven by ideological and spiritual conflicts, there is a greater need for the political philosopher to raise and explore profound questions and reassert forgotten truths about man and society, the soul and God, and good and evil, as well as the ground of political order. This is the latest book in Transaction's esteemed Library of Conservative Thought series.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilhelmsen, Frederick D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Soziallehre und Sozialethik, Pastoral und Seelsorge
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliches Leben & Praxis
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to the Transaction Edition, Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1 The Limits of Natural Law, 2 Cicero and the Politics of the Public Orthodoxy (with Willmoore Kendall), 3 The Problem of Political Power and the Forces of Darkness, 4 Sir John Fortescue and the English Tradition, 5 Donoso Cortes and the Meaning of Political Power, 6 The Natural Law Tradition and the American Political Experience, 7 Eric Voegelin and the Christian Tradition, 8 Jaffa, the School of Strauss, and the Christian Tradition, Notes

Über Autor(innen)

Frederick D. Wilhelmsen