Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-326) and indexes.
The goodness and corruption of power -- Doing human nature justice -- Groups in society : danger and deliverance -- The seek and to distrust government -- The challenge of Biblical justice -- Love is not all you need -- The politics of time -- The grace of the common life : traditional conservatism -- Flourish in freedom : liberalism -- A space in the public place : democracy -- Prosperity through unfettered competition : laissez-faire conservatism -- Unfolding the possibilities of humanness : Marxist socialism -- Participatory ideals encountering human nature : socialism -- Epilogue : are we better prepared?
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The author seeks to advance the role of biblical and theological values in the political lives of individual Christians and the public discourse of American society. He argues that Americans want to make choices in terms of standards of right and wrong, but tend to lack the formulation of a theory.
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