The Global Face of Public Faith: Politics, Human Rights, and Christian EthicsGeorgetown University Press, 9 oct. 2003 - 312 pagini The Global Face of Public Faith addresses the hotly debated question of the role religion should play in politics in both the American and international contexts. It engages the fears that public religion threatens American democracy and could lead to a global clash of civilizations and new wars of religion. It analyzes how Christianity can attain common ground with other religious communities, thus becoming a force for peace and human rights. The separation of church from state need not mean the privatization of religion. Religious engagement in public life can strengthen civic life by encouraging active citizen participation that promotes both justice and peace. The question of religion and politics should thus become an argument about how faith becomes public, not whether it does. Religious communities, Christianity in particular, should be vigorous advocates of human rights, democratic governance, and economic development worldwide. In so doing, they will also become peacemakers. David Hollenbach is a calm voice of reason in a chaotic world, with an eye that sees beyond national horizons to where human needs and human rights converge. He is convinced that religious traditions can find common ground—through the use of rights and rights language. The Global Face of Public Faith reinforces his commitment to confronting such issues as poverty and economic development, globalism, and interreligious dialogue. He focuses here on faith and the Catholic tradition in politics; the role of the church in American public life; and the wider issues of global challenges and ethics—in a search for a common set of moral standards and a international ethic through a commitment to universal human rights. While not denying the difficulties of forging such a consensus, he nonetheless sees the possibility for justice, and reasons for hope. And hope is something the world can always use. |
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... religious communities in public life need not be a threat to freedom in a pluralistic society . This argument depends on interpreting religious freedom as a positive empow- erment for participation in social life , not as a negative ...
... religious com- munities can be required to respect the truly basic rights . The most basic rights both guarantee the fundamental religious freedoms for all persons and also set limits to the legitimate exercise of religious freedom ...
... religious and personal freedom . It presupposes that any public role for religious communities must avoid a quest for hege- monic control of social , intellectual , and political life by religion . This raises questions that I take to ...
... freedom , and these rights are discernible by all reasonable people , not only by Christians . John XXIII added that human rights will be esteemed more highly when considered in the light of revelation and grace , for Christian faith ...
... freedoms are not respected , per- sons are treated neither as the Gospel requires nor as reasonableness de- mands . Thus , Vatican II could state that " the right to religious freedom has its foundation in the very dignity of the human ...
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Social Ethics under the Sign of the Cross | 54 |
Religion Morality and Politics in the United States | 75 |
Religion and Political Life | 99 |
Freedom and Truth | 124 |
The Context of Civil Society and Culture | 147 |
Politically Active Churches and Democratic Life | 174 |
Christian Social Ethics after the Cold War | 195 |
Human Rights and Development | 218 |
Faiths Cultures and Global Ethics | 231 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 261 |
INDEX | 279 |
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The Global Face of Public Faith: Politics, Human Rights, and Christian Ethics David Hollenbach,The Margaret O'Brien Flatley Chair in Catholic Theology David Hollenbach Nu există previzualizare disponibilă - 2003 |
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