Christianity and Democracy and the Rights of Man and Natural Law [Paperback ed.] 1586176005, 9781586176006

Few political philosophers have laid such stress upon the organic and dynamic characteristics of human rights, rooted as

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Christianity and Democracy and the Rights of Man and Natural Law [Paperback ed.]
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Recent years have seen a renaissance of interest in the relationship between natural law and natural rights. During this

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Examines democracy as it relates to the metaphysical principle of natural law, which asserts that certain rights are end

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Pierre Manent is one of France's leading political philosophers. This first English translation of his profound and

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Throughout the Middle East, and in the west as well, there has been much discussion concerning the notion of Islamic rul

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Christian concern about how we treat animals has increased strikingly in recent years. More and more Christians are deci

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Hugh Heclo proposes that Christianity, not religion in general, has been important for American democracy. Responding to

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