Christianity and Power Politics Today
Christian Realism and Contemporary Political Dilemmas
Published on 9. April 2008
Book
Hardback
VII, 187 pages
978-0-230-60264-9 (ISBN)
Description
This volume aims to reconstruct and debate a contemporary Christian realist framework, while also applying such a perspective to the issues of contemporary politics such as the Bush Doctrine, the laws of war, democracy and democratization, U.S. participation in international institutions, and apocalyptic terrorism.
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Edition
2008 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
VII, 187 p.
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
331 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-60264-9 (9780230602649)
DOI
10.1057/9780230610538
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Christian Realism and Contemporary Political Dilemmas
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Person
ERIC PATTERSON is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Vanguard University, USA.
Content
Introduction: Christian Realism and Power Politics; E.Patterson Reconceptualizing the Meaning of Christian Realism for the 21st Century; A.Coll Christian Realism and Just War Theory: A Critique; K.Pavlischek Christian Political Realism and the Inherent Contradictions of American Liberalism; P.A.Lawler Christian Realism and the Ethics of Contemporary Warfare; C.A.Jones Christian Realism and the Bush Doctrine; M.Amstutz The Fog of Peace: Utopianism, Realism, and Radical Islam; J.Loconte Christian Realism, the English School, and the Practice of Foreign Policy; A.Watson International Institutions and Christian Realism: Is Multilateralism Moral?; D.Young Christian Realism and Human Rights: Reconsidering the Moral Basis and Political Defense of Global Human Rights; E.Patterson