The Pretenses of Loyalty

by John Michael Perry

In the face of ongoing religious conflicts and unending culture wars, what are we to make of liberalism's promise that it alone can arbitrate between church and state? In this wide-ranging study, John Perry examines the roots of our thinking on religion and politics, placing the early-modern founders of liberalism in conversation with today's theologians and political philosophers.

From the story of Antigone to debates about homosexuality and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199756546
• ISBN13: 9780199756544
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"