The theology of liberalism: political philosophy and the justice of God

We think of modern liberalism as the novel product of a world reinvented on a secular basis after 1945. In The Theology of Liberalism, one of the country's most important political theorists argues that we could hardly be more wrong. Eric Nelson contends that the tradition of liberal political...

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Main Author: Nelson, Eric, 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2019
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Online Access:DE-862
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Summary:We think of modern liberalism as the novel product of a world reinvented on a secular basis after 1945. In The Theology of Liberalism, one of the country's most important political theorists argues that we could hardly be more wrong. Eric Nelson contends that the tradition of liberal political philosophy founded by John Rawls is, however unwittingly, the product of ancient theological debates about justice and evil. Once we understand this, he suggests, we can recognize the deep incoherence of various forms of liberal political philosophy that have emerged in Rawls's wake.--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 218 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9780674242944
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