Political visions & illusions :

Koyzis, David Theodore, 1955-

Political visions & illusions : a survey and Christian critique of contemporary ideologies / Political visions and illusions David T. Koyzis. - Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c2003. - 281 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [268]-277) and index.

Introduction: ideology, religion, and idolatry -- Liberalism : the sovereignty of the individual -- Conservatism : history as source of norms -- Nationalism : the nations deified -- Democracy : vox populi vox dei -- Socialism : common ownership as salvific -- Transcending the ideologies : affirming societal pluriformity -- Toward a nonideological alternative : two historic Christian approaches -- The state and its task : doing justice in God's world -- Epilogue : toward the future.

0830827269 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2002156377


Christianity and politics.
Ideology--Religious aspects--Christianity.

BR115.P7 / K69 2003

261.7