Theology of Public Life

Name: Theology of Public Life
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ISBN: 9780521539906

ISBN-10: 0521539900

ISBN-13: 9780521539906

Edition: 2008

Authors: Charles T. Mathewes

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What has Washington to do with Jerusalem? In the raging debates about the relationship between religion and politics, no one has explored the religious benefits and challenges of public engagement for Christian believers - until now. This ground-breaking book defends and details Christian believers' engagement in contemporary pluralistic public life not from the perspective of some neutral 'public', but from the particular perspective of Christian faith, arguing that such engagement enriches both public life and Christian citizens' faith themselves. As such it offers not a 'public theology', but a 'theology of public life', analyzing the promise and perils of Christian public engagement,…

Book details

List price: $63.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/14/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.94" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Acknowledgments


List of abbreviations for works by St. Augustine


Introduction: Life in the epilogue, during the world



A theology of engagement


Introduction to Part I



Life before God



Life in the world



Life together



The liturgy of citizenship


Introduction to Part II



Faithful citizenship



Hopeful citizenship



Charitable citizenship


Conclusion: The republic of grace; or, the public ramifications of heaven


List of references


Index