A Limited State and a Vibrant Society: CHRISTIANITY AND CIVIL SOCIETY

It would be foolhardy indeed, and risk a superficial mere ʺskimming view,ʺ to attempt, in the small compass of one essay, any comprehensive or encyclopedic overview on the topic of Christianityʹs position on the state and civil society. The competingStaatslehren(where there even is one!) of differen...

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1. Verfasser:	JOHN A. COLEMAN
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anthropology Applied anthropology Applied sociology Behavioral sciences Catholicism Christianity Churches Civics Civil society Common good Constitutional rights Cultural anthropology Cultural customs Federalism Government Human societies Law Legal rights Liberalism Political ideologies Political philosophy Political science Political systems Religion Religious freedom Social welfare Sociology Sociology of religion Spiritual belief systems Subsidiarity Theology Traditions
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Zusammenfassung:	It would be foolhardy indeed, and risk a superficial mere ʺskimming view,ʺ to attempt, in the small compass of one essay, any comprehensive or encyclopedic overview on the topic of Christianityʹs position on the state and civil society. The competingStaatslehren(where there even is one!) of different Christian theological ʺfamilies,ʺ such as Catholics, Calvinists, Lutherans, Anabaptists, and the Orthodox, do not fully agree or even always converge on their doctrines of the state and society.¹ To avoid this trap of even trying to achieve a fully rounded summary of the varying positions, I will focus primarily on the tradition