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Politics for Christians

Statecraft as Soulcraft

Politics for Christians( )
Author: Beckwith, Francis J.
Series title:Christian Worldview Integration Ser.
ISBN:978-0-8308-2814-2
Publication Date:Feb 2010
Publisher:InterVarsity Press
Imprint:IVP Academic
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $24.00
Book Description:

What role should religious citizens take in a liberal democracy? What is the proper separation of church and state? What place should be made for natural rights and the moral law within a secular state? Francis J. Beckwith's cogent introduction to political thought surveys political science, politics and government while making the case for how statecraft may genuinely contribute to soulcraft.

Book Details
Pages:175
Detailed Subjects: Religion / Religion, Politics & State
Political Science / Religion, Politics & State
Religion / Christian Living / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 0.6 Inches
Book Weight:0.58 Pounds
Author Biography
Beckwith, Francis J. (Author)
Francis J. Beckwith received a M.A. and PhD. from Fordham University and a M.J.S. from the Washington University School of Law, St. Louis. He is a Professor of philosophy and church-state studies at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He has held visiting full-time academic appointments at Princeton University, University of Notre Dame, and the University of Colorado, Boulder.

He is the author of many books including Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice, Return to Rome: Confessions of an Evangelical Catholic, Politics for Christians: Statecraft As Soulcraft, and Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith, which won the 2016 American Academy of Religion Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in Constructive-Reflective Studies.

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