TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bushlack,Thomas J.
TI  - Politics for a pilgrim church: a Thomistic theory of civic virtue 
SN  - 9780802870902
AV  - B765.T54 B87 2015
U1  - 241.62 B978P 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Grand Rapids, MI
PB  - William B Eerdmans Publishing Company
KW  - Thomas,
KW  - Christianity and politics
KW  - Christianity and justice
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-267) and indexes; The theological challenge of political authority -- Civic virtue in Thomas Aquinas's account of justice -- A passion for justice -- Civic virtue and natural law -- Civic virtue and contemporary political philosophy -- Toward a constructive account of civic virtue and public rhetoric -- Politics for a pilgrim church
N2  - Church leaders and scholars have long wrestled with what should provide a guiding vision for Christian engagement in culture and politics. In this book Thomas Bushlack argues that a retrieval of Thomas Aquinas's understanding of civic virtue provides important resources for guiding this engagement today. Bushlack suggests that Aquinas's vision of the pilgrim church provides a fitting model for seeking the earthly common good of the political community, and he notes the features of a Thomistic account of justice and civic virtue that remain particularly salient for the twenty-first century. The book concludes with suggestions for cultivating a Christian rhetoric of the common good as an alternative to the predominant forms of discourse fostered within the culture wars that have been so divisive
ER  -