キリスト教の社会・政治思想における家族 The Family in Christian Social and Political Thought (Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics)

Waters, Brent

Oxford University Press（2007/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 336 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780199271962
• DDC分類 261.83585

基本説明

Proposes a normative account of the family's role in social and political ordering that draws upon a spectrum of theological and philosophical resources.

Full Description

Brent Waters examines the historical roots and contemporary implications of the virtual disappearance of the family in late liberal and Christian social and political thought. Waters argues that the principal cause of this disappearance is late liberalism's fixation on individual autonomy, which renders familial bonds unintelligible. He traces the history of this emphasis, from its origin in Hobbes and Locke, through Kant, to such contemporary theorists as Rawls and Okin. In response, Waters offers an alternative normative account of the family's role in social and political ordering, drawing upon the work of Althusius, Grotius, Dooyeweerd, and O'Donovan.

Contents

1. Biblical and Historical Sources ; 2. Modern Liberalism and its Critics ; 3. Late Liberalism and Contemporary Christian Thought ; 4. Retrospect and Prospect ; 5. Alternative Conceptual Themes ; 6. The Teleological Ordering of the Family ; 7. The Church and the Family ; 8. The Family, the Church, and Civil Ordering