God and Caesar: Personal Reflections on Politics and Religion - Hardcover

Williams, Shirley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826467342 ISBN 13: 9780826467348

Verlag: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2004

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Shirley Williams, Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords and a practising Catholic, explores the relationship between Christian teaching, the Church and public life in the modern world. In an autobiographical introduction, she considers the impact of her faith on her own political career.Her central theme is an examination of the ways in which traditional structures of pre-industrial society have been transformed and in some cases destroyed, by scientific and material progress. Consequently, humans have been distanced from God and the natural world, His creation. She writes about the disappearance of hierarchy, and draws parallels between the current cynicism about politicians and the political process, and the prevailing crisis in the priesthood.She examines the new roles that have opened up for women and their growing self-confidence, and argues for ways in which the Catholic Church should recognize and respect those roles. Williams considers the effects of globalization in the 21st century and argues that in the wake of September 11, there is a cultural and social gulf between countries that support and harbour terrorism and our own pragmatic, relativistic, secu

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Shirley Williams was Secretary of State for Education in an earlier Labour administration. The daughter of Vera Brittain, author of Testament of Youth, she is a practising Catholic. She is presently leader of the Liberal Democrats in the Lords.

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• Verlag: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0826467342
• ISBN 13: 9780826467348
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 168
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