Political Order and the Plural Structure of Society

James W. Skillen and Rockne M. McCarthy, eds.
Scholars Press (1991) - Emory University Studies in Law and Religion, John Witte Jr., gen. ed.
Paperback, 421 pages

This excellent volume explores three forms of pluralist theory—those based on historical doctrines of custom and tradition, Catholic doctrines of natural law and subsidiarity, and Calvinist doctrines of sphere sovereignty and creation—and compares and evaluates each of these forms of pluralism within the context of American thought.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Question of Pluralism

Part One: History, The Unfolding of Society, and Human Fulfillment

Chapter I: The Weight of History: An Introduction to the Readings
Chapter II: Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
Chapter III: G. Groen van Prinsterer, Unbelief and Revolution (1847)
Chapter IV: Otto von Gierke, Community in Historical Perspective (1868)
Chapter V: John Neville Figgis, Political Thought from Gerston to Grotius (1907)
Chapter VI: Jose Miguez Bonino, Doing Theology in a Revolutionary Situation (1975)

Part Two: Subsidiarity, Natural Law, and the Common Good

Chapter VII: The Recent Catholic Tradition: An Introduction to the Readings
Chapter VIII: Pope Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum (1891)
Chapter IX: Pope Pius XI, Quadragesimo Anno (1931)
Chapter X: Jaques Maritain, Man and the State (1951)
Chapter XI: Bishops of the Second Vatican Council, The Political Community (1965)
Chapter XII: U.S. Catholic Bishops, Economic Justice for All (1986)

Part Three: Sphere Sovereignty, Creation Order, and Public Justice

Chapter XIII: Progressive Calvinism: An Introduction to the Readings
Chapter XIV: Abraham Kuyper, The Antirevolutionary Program (1837, 1880)
Chapter XV: Herman Dooyeweerd, Roots of Western Culture (1959)
Chapter XVI: H. Evan Runner, Scriptural Religion and Political Task (1961)
Chapter XVII: Bernard J. Zylstra, The United States Constitution and the Rights of Religion (1981)
Chapter XVIII: Bob Goudzwaard, Christian Politics in a Global Context (1977, 1980)

Part Four: Three Views of Social Pluralism: A Critical Evaluation

Chapter XIX: History, the Unfolding of Society, and Human Fulfillment
Chapter XX: Subsidiarity, Natural Law, and the Common Good
Chapter XXI: Sphere Sovereignty, Creation Order, and Public Justice
Epilogue

The Emory University Studies in Law and Religion is an occasional series of monographs, anthologies, textbooks, and translations of classic texts in the field of law and religion. The series has been established by the Law and Religion Program at Emory University to foster further exploration of the religious dimensions of law, the legal dimensions of religion, and the interaction of legal and religious ideas, institutions, and methods. The volumes published in this series will help meet the growing demand for literature in the burgeoning interdisciplinary field of law and religion.

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