Christianity and Power Politics Today: Christian Realism and Contemporary Political Dilemmas

by E. Patterson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349370962
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	04/09/2008
Edition description:	1st ed. 2008
Pages:	187
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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