Theology, political theory, and pluralism: beyond tolerance and difference

"Tolerance has been the bedrock of political liberalism, while proponents of agonistic political and radical democracy have sought an answer that allows a deeper celebration of difference. Kristen Deede Johnson describes the move from tolerance to difference and the accompanying move from epist...

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Main Author: Johnson, Kristen Deede (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2007
Edition:1. publ.
Series:Cambridge studies in Christian doctrine 15
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Summary:"Tolerance has been the bedrock of political liberalism, while proponents of agonistic political and radical democracy have sought an answer that allows a deeper celebration of difference. Kristen Deede Johnson describes the move from tolerance to difference and the accompanying move from epistemology to ontology, within recent political theory. Building on this "ontological turn," in search of a theological answer to the question, she puts Augustine into conversation with recent political theorists and theologians. This theological option enables the Church to envision a way to engage with contemporary political society without losing its own embodied story and practices."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:XII, 276 S.
ISBN:0521870038
9780521870030