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Ambrose of Milan : church and court in a Christian capital
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ISBN: 0520914554 0585139784 9780520914551 9780585139784 0520084616 9780520084612 Year: 1994 Publisher: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press,

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In this new and illuminating interpretation of Ambrose, bishop of Milan from 374 to 397, Neil McLynn thoroughly sifts the evidence surrounding this very difficult personality. The result is a richly detailed interpretation of Ambrose's actions and writings that penetrates the bishop's painstaking presentation of self. McLynn succeeds in revealing Ambrose's manipulation of events without making him too Machiavellian. Having synthesized the vast complex of scholarship available on the late fourth century, McLynn also presents an impressive study of the politics and history of the Christian church and the Roman Empire in that period.Admirably and logically organized, the book traces the chronology of Ambrose's public activity and reconstructs important events in the fourth century. McLynn's zesty, lucid prose gives the reader a clear understanding of the complexities of Ambrose's life and career and of late Roman government.

Civil Society and Government
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ISBN: 0691088012 0691088020 0691228396 Year: 2002 Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press ,

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Civil Society and Government brings together an unprecedented array of political, ethical, and religious perspectives to shed light on the complex and much-debated relationship between civil society and the state. Some argue that civil society is a bulwark against government; others see it as an indispensable support for government. Civil society has been portrayed both as a independent of the state and as dependent upon it. This book reveals the extraordinary diversity of views on the subject by examining how civil society has been treated in classical liberalism, liberal egalitarianism, critical theory, feminism, natural law, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Confucianism. The volume draws on the work of eminent scholars to address six questions: In terms of function and consequences, does it matter where the line is drawn between civil society and the state? What is the relationship of civil society to the state? In what contexts and under what conditions should government interact with individuals directly or instead indirectly through communal associations? What are the prerogatives and duties of citizenship, and what is the role of civil society in forming good citizens? How should a society handle the conflicts that sometimes arise between the demands of citizenship and those of membership in the non-governmental associations of civil society? A theoretical introduction by the editors--political theorist Nancy Rosenblum and legal scholar Robert Post--and a conclusion by religious ethicist Richard Miller, tie the book together. In addition to Rosenblum, the contributors are Kenneth Baynes, David Biale, John Coleman, Farhad Kazemi, John Kelsay, William Galston, Will Kymlicka, Tom Palmer, Fred Miller, Susan Moller Okin, Peter Nosco, Henry Rosemont, Steven Scalet, David Schmidtz, William Sullivan, Max Stackhouse, Stephen White, and Noam Zohar.

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Civil society. --- State, The. --- Société civile --- Etat --- Civil society --- State, The --- #SBIB:17H3 --- #SBIB:321H30 --- #SBIB:324H20 --- 400 Overheid --- PPS --- Administration --- Commonwealth, The --- Sovereignty --- Political science --- Social contract --- Politieke wijsbegeerte --- Hedendaagse politieke en sociale theorieën (vanaf de 19de eeuw): algemeen (incl. utilitarisme, burgerschap) --- Politologie: theorieën (democratie, comparatieve studieën….) --- Political science. --- Anabaptism. --- Augustine. --- Benhabib, Seyla. --- Butler, Judith. --- Calvinism. --- Centissimus Annus. --- Constant, Benjamin. --- Cuddihy, John Murray. --- Dignitatis Humanae. --- Durkheim, Emile. --- Elshtain, Jean. --- Evans, Sarah. --- Ferguson, Adam. --- Frankfurt School. --- Friedman, Milton. --- Gaudium et Spes. --- Grotius, Hugo. --- Hardin, Russell. --- Hayashi Shihei. --- Ibn Rusd. --- Itō Jinsai. --- John Paul II (pope). --- John of Viterbo. --- Khatami, Mohammed. --- Kymlicka, Will. --- Leibowitz, Yeshayahu. --- Linbeck, George. --- Lipsius, Justus. --- MacKinnon, Catherine. --- Marsilius of Padua. --- Medina Constitution. --- Neuhaus, Richard. --- Okin, Susan. --- Oldfield, Adrian. --- Pateman, Carole. --- Peale, Norman Vincent. --- Planitz, Hans. --- Plato. --- Pufendorf, Samuel. --- Quadragesinio Anno. --- Rawls, John. --- Roberts v. Jaycees (1984). --- Sadanobu, Matsudaira. --- Saint Ambrose. --- authoritarianism, in Islamic world. --- casuistry. --- city-state: aim of (Aristotle). --- corporatism. --- institutions: in civil society. --- pluralism, of civil society. --- revolution (Locke). --- Civil government --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences

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