The Theology of Liberalism: Political Philosophy and the Justice of God, Nelson,
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674240944
ISBN-13
9780674240940
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14038792140
Product Key Features
Book Title
Theology of Liberalism : Political Philosophy and the Justice of God
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Political, Philosophy, Religion, Politics & State, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Religion, Philosophy, Political Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
20 oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2019-012524
Reviews
This is an important book for readers interested in the intersection of theology and liberal theory., [One] of the best treatments imaginable of the context and meaning of Rawls's epoch-making book...Illuminating and original...Nelson also places Rawls in the theological tradition better than anyone so far...A great and rewarding book.
Synopsis
One of our most important political theorists pulls the philosophical rug out from under modern liberalism, then tries to place it on a more secure footing. We think of modern liberalism as the novel product of a world reinvented on a secular basis after 1945. In The Theology of Liberalism, one of the country's most important political theorists argues that we could hardly be more wrong. Eric Nelson contends that the tradition of liberal political philosophy founded by John Rawls is, however unwittingly, the product of ancient theological debates about justice and evil. Once we understand this, he suggests, we can recognize the deep incoherence of various forms of liberal political philosophy that have emerged in Rawls's wake. Nelson starts by noting that today's liberal political philosophers treat the unequal distribution of social and natural advantages as morally arbitrary. This arbitrariness, they claim, diminishes our moral responsibility for our actions. Some even argue that we are not morally responsible when our own choices and efforts produce inequalities. In defending such views, Nelson writes, modern liberals have implicitly taken up positions in an age-old debate about whether the nature of the created world is consistent with the justice of God. Strikingly, their commitments diverge sharply from those of their proto-liberal predecessors, who rejected the notion of moral arbitrariness in favor of what was called Pelagianism--the view that beings created and judged by a just God must be capable of freedom and merit. Nelson reconstructs this earlier "liberal" position and shows that Rawls's philosophy derived from his self-conscious repudiation of Pelagianism. In closing, Nelson sketches a way out of the argumentative maze for liberals who wish to emerge with commitments to freedom and equality intact., Modern liberal political philosophy is closely associated with post-1945 secularism. But Eric Nelson contends that the liberal tradition founded by John Rawls is an unwitting outgrowth of ancient theological debates about justice and evil. When we understand this, we can better untangle the knotted strands of liberal political thought.
LC Classification Number
BR1615.N45 2019
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