Christian hope and public reason
Book chapter
Gascoigne, Robert. (2009). Christian hope and public reason. In In N. Biggar and L. Hogan (Ed.). Religious Voices in Public Places pp. 131 - 148 Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199566624.003.0007
| Authors | Gascoigne, Robert |
|---|---|
| Editors | N. Biggar and L. Hogan |
| Abstract | This chapter is concerned with the relationship between Christian hope and public reason, especially as articulated in John Rawls's essay ‘The Idea of Public Reason Revisited’. With reference to Matthew 25, it argues that Christian hope goes beyond history, but that Christian love is expressed within history and that this tension can be the source of a specifically Christian service to democratic societies. Hope is crucial to the ethical life of democratic societies in three particular ways: it inspires a discernment of human capacities which evokes moral virtue; maintains a conviction of the openness of the future to human striving; and teaches a certain detachment from the fruits of that striving. The chapter considers how Christian hope can serve this public political hope while at the same time maintaining a distinctively Christian identity, focussing on the use of the religious language of hope by Christians in the public political forum. |
| Page range | 131 - 148 |
| Year | 2009 |
| Book title | Religious Voices in Public Places |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Series | Law Ethics and Governance |
| ISBN | 9780199566624 |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199566624.003.0007 |
| Web address (URL) | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199566624.003.0007 |
| Research Group | School of Theology |
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