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Robert Kraynak and Glenn Tinder contend that the major challenge of our time is to recover a true and authentic understanding of human dignity and to defend it against threats from modern civilization. In Defense of Human Dignity wrestles with the dilemma that contemporary society has developed a he... Read More about In Defense of Human Dignity: Essays for Our Times (Loyola Topics in Political Philosophy)

Robert Kraynak and Glenn Tinder contend that the major challenge of our time is to recover a true and authentic understanding of human dignity and to defend it against threats from modern civilization. In Defense of Human Dignity wrestles with the dilemma that contemporary society has developed a he... Read More about In Defense of Human Dignity (Loyola Topics in Political Philosophy)

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. This superb new volume is addressed to everyone interested in hope, regardless of their religious or philosophical beliefs. Glenn Tinder, one of our most astute and creative thinkers, probes the failure of modern, secular hope and sh... Read More about The Fabric of Hope: An Essay (Emory University Studies in Law and Religion (Euslr))

Liberty is a dangerous concept. It's sure to be misused and, if left unchecked, will likely bring not social harmony and happiness but their opposites. Nonetheless, liberty is absolutely necessary: without it there can be no authentic community. People are not free to do the right thing unless they ... Read More about Liberty: Rethinking an Imperiled Ideal (Emory University Studies in Law and Religion (Euslr))

In this concise and provocative analysis of modern culture, Glenn Tinder challenged conventional wisdom by contending that Christianity required no political program but rather a prophetic stance judging all programs and institutions against the ideal of love of each individual. In doing so, he help... Read More about Can we be Good without God? On the Political Meaning of Christianity

Civility, political or social, has not come easily to humankind in the twentieth century, as the violence of the times amply illustrates; it has been battered and tried by the fears and uncertainties spreading the world over. But Glenn Tinder argues persuasively in Tolerance and Community that to be... Read More about Tolerance and Community