Faith, Reason, and Political Life Today (Applications of Political Theory)

This rich and varied collection of essays addresses some of the most fundamental human questions through the lenses of philosophy, literature, religion, politics, and theology. Peter Augustine Lawler and Dale McConkey have fashioned an interdisciplinary consideration of such perennial and enduring issues as the relationship between nature and history, nature and grace, reason and revelation, classical philosophy and Christianity, modernity and postmodernity, repentance and self-limitation, and philosophy and politics. Autonomy And Community In Aristotle / Michelle E. Brady -- Shakespeare In The Original Klingon : Star Trek And The End Of History / Paul A. Cantor -- On Spiritual Crisis, Globalization, And Planetary Rule / Thomas Darby -- Stoics And Christians : Walker Percy And Flannery O'connor On The Moral Contradictions Of Southern Culture / Gregory R. Johnson -- Leo Strauss, America, And The End Of History / Joseph M. Knippenberg -- End Of History 2000 / Peter Augustine Lawler -- The Ascent From Modernity : Solzhenitsyn On Repentance And Self-limitation In The Life Of Nations / Daniel J. Mahoney -- Trevanian's Shibumi : The Perfect Postmodern Tale / James F. Pontuso -- Aristoteles Revivus : Pierre Manent's Reflections On The Contemporary Political World / Paul Seaton -- A Postmodern Augustinian Recovery Of Political Judgment / Ashley Woodiwiss -- Tocqueville, Girard, And The Mystique Of Anti-modernism / Stephen L. Gardner -- Christianity's Epicurean Temptation [: Reflections On Kenneth Craycraft's The American Myth Of Religious Freedom] / Marc D. Guerra -- Flannery O'connor's Teaching On The Nature Of Evil In The Lame Shall Enter First / Henry T. Edmondson Iii -- Captain Kirk And The Art Of Rule / Diana J. Schaub. Edited By Peter Augustine Lawler And Dale Mcconkey. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Acknowledgments Introduction Peter Augustine Lawler 1. Autonomy and Community in Aristotle Michelle E. Brady 2. Shakespeare in the Original Klingon: Star Trek and the End of History Paul A. Cantor 3. On Spiritual Crisis, Globalization, and Planetary Rule Tom Darby 4. Stoics and Christians: Walker Percy and Flannery O'Connor on the Moral Contradictions of Southern Culture Gregory R. Johnson 5. Leo Strauss, America, and the End of History Joseph M Knippenberg 6. End of History 2000 Peter Augustine Lawler 7. The Ascent from Modernity: Solzhenitsyn on "Repentance and Self-Limitation in the Life of Nations" Daniel J. Mahoney 8. Trevanian's Shibumi: The Perfect Postmodern Tale James F. Pantuso 9. Aristoteles Revivus:Pierre Manent's Reflectionson "The Contemporary Political World" Paul Seaton 10.A Postmodern Augustinian Recovery of Political Judgment Ashley Woodiwiss 11. Tocqueville, Girard, and the Mystique of Anti-Modernism Stephen L. Gardner 12. Christianity's Epicurean Temptation Marc D. Guerra 13. Flannery O'Connor's Teaching on the Nature of Evil in "The Lame Shall Enter First" Henry T. Edmondson III 14. Captain Kirk and the Art of Rule Diana J. Schaub Index About the Contributors This rich and varied collection of essays addresses some of the most fundamental human questions through the lenses of philosophy, literature, religion, politics and theology. Peter Augustine Lawler and Dale McConkey have culled together an interdisciplinary consideration of such perennial and enduring issues as the relationship between nature and history, reason and revelation, classical philosophy and Christianity, modernity and postmodernity, repentance and self-limitation, and philosophy and politics. These tensions are explored through the works of such imminent thinkers as Aristotle, Augustine and Tocqueville, but the contributors engage a wide variety of texts from popular culture, American literature -- Flannery O'Connor receives notable attention -- and social theory to create a remarkably comprehensive, if far from harmonious, introduction to political philosophy today This is a collection of essays that address some of the most fundamental human questions through the lenses of philosophy, literature, religion, politics and theology.