Conservative political theology and the freedom of religion: the recent work of Robert Kraynak and David Novak.(Christian Faith and Modern Democracy: God and Politics in the Fallen World)(Covenantal Rights: A Study in Jewish Political Theory)(Book Review) From: Polity | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: Arkush, Allan | COPYRIGHT 2005 Northeastern Political Science Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Introduction

The Catholic political scientist Robert Kraynak and the rabbi and Jewish scholar David Novak fear and believe many of the same things. Both men are very much alarmed by what they perceive to be the dangers inherent in modern liberalism. Both argue that neither its original nor its contemporary advocates have supplied an adequate basis for a moral society and that liberal ideas do not constitute an effective harrier against nihilism. Each of these men believe...