Political Agape Christian Love and Liberal Democracy

includes index and biblioraphy

Part I: Liberalism and Agape 1. Love and Mr Lincoln 2. The Image of God and the Soul of Humanity: Reflections on Dignity, Sanctity, and Democracy 3. The Return of the Prodigal? Liberal Theory and Religious Pluralism Part II: Replies to Contemporary Liberals and Antiliberals 4. To Bedlam and Partway Back: John Rawls and Christian Justice 5. A House Divided, Again: Dworkin and Singer on Sanctity and Dignity 6. The Theory and Practice of Discomfort: Richard Rorty and Liberal Patriotism 7. Defending Democracy without Traducing Tradition: Jeffrey Stouts "Pragmatic Vision" 8. The Cross and Democratic PoUtics: Agape, Self-Sacrifice, and Human Rights Part III: Love, Law, and Modern Moral Issues 9. Euthanasia and Capital Punishment: Christianity and the Right to Death 10. Both Shylock and Oedipus: Why Many Accounts of Christian Complicity in the Holocaust Are Only Half Right 11. Keeping Marriage Sacred: The Christian Case for Gay and Lesbian Wedlock 12. Suffering the Suffering Children: Christianity and the Rights and Wrongs of Adoption Part I: Liberalism and Agape 1. Love and Mr Lincoln 2. The Image of God and the Soul of Humanity: Reflections on Dignity, Sanctity, and Democracy 3. The Return of the Prodigal? Liberal Theory and Religious Pluralism Part II: Replies to Contemporary Liberals and Antiliberals 4. To Bedlam and Partway Back: John Rawls and Christian Justice 5. A House Divided, Again: Dworkin and Singer on Sanctity and Dignity 6. The Theory and Practice of Discomfort: Richard Rorty and Liberal Patriotism 7. Defending Democracy without Traducing Tradition: Jeffrey Stouts "Pragmatic Vision" 8. The Cross and Democratic PoUtics: Agape, Self-Sacrifice, and Human Rights Part III: Love, Law, and Modern Moral Issues 9. Euthanasia and Capital Punishment: Christianity and the Right to Death 10. Both Shylock and Oedipus: Why Many Accounts of Christian Complicity in the Holocaust Are Only Half Right 11. Keeping Marriage Sacred: The Christian Case for Gay and Lesbian Wedlock 12. Suffering the Suffering Children: Christianity and the Rights and Wrongs of Adoption Part I: Liberalism and Agape 1. Love and Mr Lincoln 2. The Image of God and the Soul of Humanity: Reflections on Dignity, Sanctity, and Democracy 3. The Return of the Prodigal? Liberal Theory and Religious Pluralism Part II: Replies to Contemporary Liberals and Antiliberals 4. To Bedlam and Partway Back: John Rawls and Christian Justice 5. A House Divided, Again: Dworkin and Singer on Sanctity and Dignity 6. The Theory and Practice of Discomfort: Richard Rorty and Liberal Patriotism 7. Defending Democracy without Traducing Tradition: Jeffrey Stouts "Pragmatic Vision" 8. The Cross and Democratic PoUtics: Agape, Self-Sacrifice, and Human Rights Part III: Love, Law, and Modern Moral Issues 9. Euthanasia and Capital Punishment: Christianity and the Right to Death 10. Both Shylock and Oedipus: Why Many Accounts of Christian Complicity in the Holocaust Are Only Half Right 11. Keeping Marriage Sacred: The Christian Case for Gay and Lesbian Wedlock 12. Suffering the Suffering Children: Christianity and the Rights and Wrongs of Adoption