Politics as a Christian Vocation: Faith and Democracy Today

By Franklin I. Gamwell

Book Overview

Franklin Gamwell argues that Christian faith belongs in politics because it shares with democracy complete commitment to the rational pursuit of the truth. Gamwell develops ideals of justice and the common good that good Christians should advocate within the democratic process and demonstrates the difference they make for contemporary sharescs in the United States. He focuses specifically on withes of abortion, affirmative action, and economic abortiontion.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521838762
• ISBN13: 9780521838764
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"