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Persons and Liberal Democracy : the Ethical and Political Thought of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (316 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781461634003
  • 1461634008
  • 0739121146
  • 9780739121146
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Persons and Liberal Democracy : The Ethical and Political Thought of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II.DDC classification:
  • 170
LOC classification:
  • BX1378.5
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Catholic Social Thought and Contemporary Political Theory; 1. The Roots of Modern Catholic Social Thought: Social and Liberal Catholicism; 2. Christian Personalism: The Ethical and Anthropological Thought of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II; 3. Anthropology, Ethics, and Recent Catholic Social Theory: The Liberalism of John Paul II; 4. John Paul II in Conversation with Catholic Social/Political Theorists; 5. John Paul II in Conversation with Secular Social/Political Theorists.
Conclusion: Future Directions for Catholic Social Thought and Liberal Democratic TheoryBibliography; Index; About the Author.
Summary: Moving from an historical analysis of the Catholic Church's gradual endorsement of liberal democracy to an explication of the ethical and political thought of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II, Persons and Liberal Democracy concisely explains the relatively recent shift in the Church's political theory and, in the process, defends what could be deemed a non-statist form of welfare liberalism. This book offers a systematic account of John Paul's philosophical and theological ethics and their relationship to the key elements of his political thought and then brings this thought into conversation.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)640553

Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Catholic Social Thought and Contemporary Political Theory; 1. The Roots of Modern Catholic Social Thought: Social and Liberal Catholicism; 2. Christian Personalism: The Ethical and Anthropological Thought of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II; 3. Anthropology, Ethics, and Recent Catholic Social Theory: The Liberalism of John Paul II; 4. John Paul II in Conversation with Catholic Social/Political Theorists; 5. John Paul II in Conversation with Secular Social/Political Theorists.

Conclusion: Future Directions for Catholic Social Thought and Liberal Democratic TheoryBibliography; Index; About the Author.

Moving from an historical analysis of the Catholic Church's gradual endorsement of liberal democracy to an explication of the ethical and political thought of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II, Persons and Liberal Democracy concisely explains the relatively recent shift in the Church's political theory and, in the process, defends what could be deemed a non-statist form of welfare liberalism. This book offers a systematic account of John Paul's philosophical and theological ethics and their relationship to the key elements of his political thought and then brings this thought into conversation.

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English.