Robust Liberalism: H. Richard Niebuhr and the Ethics of American Public Life

by Timothy A. Beach-Verhey

Concisely critiquing the internal contradictions and practical limitations of the social contract theory espoused by John Locke and John Rawls, Timothy Beach-Verhey presents a covenantal theory for political life based on H. Richard Niebuhr's theology of radical monotheism. Beach-Verhey challenges sectarian interpretations of Niebuhr's theology and cogently demonstrates that a properly understood, theocentric, covenantal social theory can unite...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1602582521
• ISBN13: 9781602582521
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher