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Up With Authority

Victor Lee Austin

Paperback 2010-09-16

Authority is something we experience every day, but is it necessary? Most people think it is not, that we have authority only when there is some defect in us that authority is needed to fill in. While it is true that authority can be used to remedy human inadequacies, it has a higher and nobler function: to enable us to do more complex activities, to understand more of the world we live in and to transmit that understanding, to flourish in political communities, and ultimately to enjoy God. This book shows the human importance of authority.?? ???'Our postmodern era views authority as something to be grimly endured -- or simply overthrown. Victor Austin writes against this antinomian sensibility. His clear, accessible and convincing analysis shows how moral, political, and religious authority brings order to society and beauty to the soul.'
R. R. Reno, Department of Theology, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA.
-Publisher.

Publisher Description

A very topical contribution to the question of whether authority is needed and what it is good for.

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Authority is something we experience every day, but is it necessary? Most people think it is not, that we have authority only when there is some defect in us that authority is needed to fill in. While it is true that authority can be used to remedy human inadequacies, it has a higher and nobler function: to enable us to do more complex activities, to understand more of the world we live in and to transmit that understanding, to flourish in political communities, and ultimately to enjoy God. This book shows the human importance of authority.?? ???'Our postmodern era views authority as something to be grimly endured -- or simply overthrown. Victor Austin writes against this antinomian sensibility. His clear, accessible and convincing analysis shows how moral, political, and religious authority brings order to society and beauty to the soul.'
R. R. Reno, Department of Theology, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA.
-Publisher.

Publisher Description

A very topical contribution to the question of whether authority is needed and what it is good for.

Koorong Code305187
ISBN0567020517
EAN9780567020512
Pages184
DepartmentAcademic
CategoryChristian Worldview
Sub-CategorySocial Issues
PublisherBloomsbury Continuum Publishing Group
Publication DateSep 2010
Dimensions12 x 152 x 228mm
Weight0.254kg