The title of Christopher J. Insole’s audacious book is no lie: The Politics of Human Frailty really is “A Theological Defense of Political Liberalism.” An academic theologian writing from within the Anglican tradition, Insole seeks to establish a theological justification for what he calls “political” liberalism and, just as important, to find in that liberalism a cor (...)
September 23, 2005
Books
Tolerance & Truth
The Politics of Human FrailtyA Theological Defense of Political Liberalismby Christopher J. InsoleUniversity of Notre Dame Press, $30, 208 pp.
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