Political Visions & Illusions - A Survey & Christian Critique of Contemporary Ideologies
A Survey and Christian Critique of Contemporary Ideologies
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Surveying key ideologies of our era, political scientist David Koyzis offers careful analysis and fair critique of liberalism, conservatism, nationalism, democracy and socialism. He also proposes alternative models that flow out of Christianity's historic engagement with the public square. Preface
7(6)
Introduction: Ideology, Religion and Idolatry
13(29)
Politics and Ideas
16(1)
History and Definitions
17(5)
Ideology in Christian Perspective
22(1)
Preconditions for the Rise of Ideologies
23(4)
Ideology as Religious: Toward a Definition
27(7)
The Classification of Ideologies: Left and Right
34(4)
Discerning the Spirits in the Ideologies
38(4)
Liberalism: The Sovereignty of the Individual
42(30)
The Meanings of Liberalism
44(3)
The Liberal Creed
47(6)
Late Liberalism and the Expansion of the State
53(7)
The Right and the Good: Subsidizing Choices
60(5)
The Spiritually Vacant State: The Privatization of Ultimate Belief
65(3)
Sin and Salvation in Liberalism
68(4)
Conservatism: History as Source of Norms
72(25)
Babies and Bathwater: The Conservative Creed
75(4)
The Grass Is Greener on Our Side
79(3)
Which Traditions and When?
82(8)
Conservatism and Christianity
90(4)
Conservatism and the State
94(3)
Nationalism: The Nation Deified
97(27)
A Creed for a Century
103(5)
Civic and Ethnic Nationalisms: State Versus Tribe
108(5)
The Nationalist View of the State
113(3)
Patriotic Loyalty: A Modest Devotion
116(3)
Christians and Nationalism
119(5)
Democracy: Vox Populi Vox Dei
124(28)
Structure and Creed
124(5)
From Liberalism to Democracy
129(3)
The Majoritarian and Totalitarian Temptations
132(6)
Democratization Without Limits
138(5)
Creed and Structure Revisited: Direct Versus Representative Democracy
143(2)
Representation: Followership or Leadership?
145(4)
Democracy and Justice: A Final Assessment
149(3)
Socialism: Common Ownership as Salvific
152(30)
A World of Socialisms
153(3)
A Transformative Vision
156(3)
From Democracy to Socialism
159(4)
Common Ownership and Socialist Ideology
163(5)
Means and Ends: Equality and How to Get There
168(3)
The Marxian Vision and Marxism
171(6)
Fair Distribution of Economic Resources
177(5)
Transcending the Ideologies: Affirming Societal Pluriformity
182(33)
A Biblical Christian Response
186(3)
A Christian Worldview: Creation, Fall and Redemption
189(5)
Creation Order: Misconceptions Dispelled
194(7)
Discerning the Spirits: Pluralisms and Pluriformity
201(14)
Toward A Nonideological Alternative: Two Historic Christian Approaches
215(29)
The Role of Catholic Social Teachings
215(3)
The Principle of Subsidiarity: Affirming Civil Society
218(5)
The Reformation: Calvin and Althusius
223(1)
Developments in the Netherlands: Groen and Kuyper
224(5)
Sovereignty in Its Own Sphere: A Nonhierarchical Affirmation of Civil Society
229(5)
Dooyeweerd's Contribution
234(10)
The State and Its Task: Doing Justice in God's World
244(21)
Justice and Differentiated Responsibility
252(8)
Justice and the State
260(5)
Epilogue: Toward the Future
265(3)
Selected Bibliography
268(10)
Index
278
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