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The family in Christian social and political thought [electronic resource] / Brent Waters.
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TextSeries: Oxford studies in theological ethicsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 313 p.)ISBN: - 9780191533983 (electronic bk.)
- 019153398X (electronic bk.)
- 9780199271962
- 0199271968
- 261.8/3585 22
- BT707.7 .W38 2007eb
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Summary: Waters proposes a normative account of the family's role in social and political ordering that draws upon a spectrum of theological and philosophical resources. He contens that when families are properly ordered they are oriented toward broader spheres of human association.
Biblical and historical sources -- Modern liberalism and its critics -- Late liberalism and contemporary Christian thought -- Retrospect and prospect -- Alternative conceptual themes -- The teleological ordering of the family -- The church and the family -- The family, the church, and civil ordering.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-303) and index.
Biblical and historical sources -- Modern liberalism and its critics -- Late liberalism and contemporary Christian thought -- Retrospect and prospect -- Alternative conceptual themes -- The teleological ordering of the family -- The church and the family -- The family, the church, and civil ordering.
Waters proposes a normative account of the family's role in social and political ordering that draws upon a spectrum of theological and philosophical resources. He contens that when families are properly ordered they are oriented toward broader spheres of human association.
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