Freedom is one of the most cherished ideals of Western culture. Yet that ideal is threatened from without and within in alarming ways in our increasingly polarised world. Could it be that at the heart of our secular vision of freedom there is a fatal flaw, which means it can never square the circle of personal liberty and social cohesion that we all long for? In this accessible, significant and deeply thoughtful book, Graham Tomlin argues that the Christian vision of freedom offers a way to think about liberty that can bring together both personal fulfilment and the health of community life in a way that secular versions have failed to do.
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How fortunate we are to have Bishop Tomlin's book on freedom. He not only helps us remember how freedom has been understood in philosophy, political theory, and religious traditions, but he provides a theological account of freedom that is substantive and constructive ... This is a book that needed to be written and now it has.
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Graham Tomlin, Bishop of Kensington, discusses the fraught concept of 'Freedom' in contemporary culture
A sane and reasoned view of a toxic subject.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781472939500
Publisert
2017-09-21
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Continuum
Vekt
263 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
135 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240
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