The Ways Of Judgment
Subtitle: The Bampton Lectures, 2003 (Bampton Lectures)
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: July 2005
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780802829207
Copyright date: 2005
Subjects: Christian theology; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Religion; Judgment; Religion - Theology; Religious aspects; Political theology; Religion, Politics & State; Religion - Contemporary Issues; Christian Theology - Ethics; General; Christianity; Political ethics
First sentence: The authority of secular government resides in the practice of judgment.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: I. The political act : judgment.; title: 1. The act of judgment; title: 2. Imperfectibility; title: 3. Justice and equality; title: 4. Political judgment; title: 5. Freedom and its loss; title: 6. Mercy; title: 7. Punishment; title: II. Political institutions : representation.; title: 8. Political authority; title: 9. Representation; title: 10. Legitimacy; title: 11. The powers of government; title: 12. International judgment; title: III. Life beyond judgment : communication.; title: 13. Judge not!; title: 14. Communication; title: 15. Household and city; title: 16. The longest part