Christianity and Political Philosophy
By: Frederick D. Wilhelmsen ; with a new introduction by Michael Henry
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781315081243
Subjects: Christianity and politics; Political science; Christianisme et politique
Description: "Each chapter in Christianity and Political Philosophy addresses a philosophical problem generated by history. Frederick D. Wilhelmsen discusses the limits of natural law; Cicero and the politics of the public orthodoxy; the problem of political power and the forces of darkness; Sir John Fortescue and the English tradition; Donoso Cortes and the meaning of political power; the natural law tradition and the American political experience; Eric Voegelin and the Christian tradition; and Jaffa, the School of Strauss, and the Christian tradition. Wilhelmsen is convinced that mainstream philosophy's suppression of the Christian experience, or its reduction of Christianity to myths, deprives both Christianity and philosophy. He argues that Christianity opened up an entirely new range of philosophical questions and speculation that today are part and parcel of the intellectual tradition of the West. Wilhelmsen remains relevant because political philosophy in America today is following the historic cycle of political philosophy's importance: as things get worse for the nation because it is internally riven by ideological and spiritual conflicts, there is a greater need for the political philosopher to raise and explore profound questions and reassert forgotten truths about man and society, the soul and God, and good and evil, as well as the ground of political order. This is the latest book in Transaction's esteemed Library of Conservative Thought series."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: "Published 2014 by Transaction Publishers"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter INTRODUCTION; title: chapter 1 THE LIMITS OF NATURAL LAW; title: chapter 2 CICERO AND THE POLITICSOF THE PUBLIC ORTHODOXY; title: chapter 3 THE PROBLEM OFPOLITICAL POWER AND T HEFORCES OF DARKNESS; title: chapter 4 SIR JOHN FORTESCUE AND T H EENGLISH TRADITION; title: chapter 5 DONOSO CORTES AND T H EMEANING OF POLITICAL POWER; title: chapter 6 THE NATURAL LAW TRADITION AND THE AMERICAN POLITICAL EXPERIENCE; title: chapter 7 PROFESSOR VOEGELIN AND THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION; title: chapter 8 JAFFA, THE STRAUSS, AND THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION.