Christianity and Power Politics Today

Christian Realism and Contemporary Political Dilemmas
2008. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-230-60264-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 187 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 331 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Patterson, E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

ERIC PATTERSON is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Vanguard University, USA.