The irony of Barack Obama
Subtitle: Barack Obama, Reinhold Niebuhr, and the problem of Christian statecraft
By: by R. Ward Holder and Peter Josephson
Contributors: Josephson, Peter, 1961-
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Company
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781409442127; 9781409442134
Subjects: Politics and government; Ethics; Philosophy; Influence; Religion and politics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The promise of Barack Obama; title: The president's philosopher: Reinhold Niebuhr in the American century; title: The faith of Barack Obama; title: Realism and moral purpose in American foreign policy; title: The morality of a society: economic power, political power and justice; title: The prophet, the statesman, and the nation; title: The irony of Barack Obama; title: Politics and religion: a lesson.