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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461884803321

Autore

Beach-Verhey Timothy A. <1967->

Titolo

Robust liberalism [[electronic resource] ] : H. Richard Niebuhr and the ethics of American public life / / Timothy A. Beach-Verhey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waco, Tex., : Baylor University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-60258-469-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Disciplina

261.70973/0904

Soggetti

Christianity and politics - United States - History - 20th century

Ethics - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

E pluribus unum: an Augustinian conception of faith, pluralism, and public life -- Opening the circle: story, community, and reality in moral reasoning -- The universal, the particular, and public discourse: beyond secular liberalism and Christian traditionalism -- The Christian churches and American public life: a particular community directed through faith toward the universal -- Robust liberalism: American democracy and the divine commonwealth.

Sommario/riassunto

Retrieving Niebuhr's vision of liberal democracy