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Theology, Political Theory, and Pluralism: Beyond Tolerance and Difference

Theology, Political Theory, and Pluralism: Beyond Tolerance and Difference Book Reviews / Ecclesiology 7 (2011) 97–136 107 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2011 DOI 10.1163/174553110X540978 Kristen Deede Johnson, Th eology, Political Th eory, and Pluralism: Beyond Tolerance and Diff erence (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007) xii + 276 pp. £50.00, US$ 90.00. ISBN 0521870038 (hbk). ‘How might we live together in the midst of pluralism?’ is the question that this useful book tries to answer. It is applied here to our pluralist society in the West, but of course it is also the critical question for the Christian Church today and there is much that can be transferred across from the social to the ecclesial. Th e book’s premise, one that links political theory and theology, is that Christianity specialises, so to speak, in issues of fellowship, diversity and harmony. By being itself the Church can show the way to true community. What Christian theology off ers is not a model of mere toleration, which implies putting up with something of which you disapprove, but a deep engagement with what is other, issuing in a profound unity beyond diff erence. Johnson engages in a gently critical exposition of a range of authors, beginning with Rawls and ending http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ecclesiology Brill

Theology, Political Theory, and Pluralism: Beyond Tolerance and Difference

Ecclesiology , Volume 7 (1): 107 – Jan 1, 2011

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© 2011 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1744-1366
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10.1163/174553110X540978
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Book Reviews / Ecclesiology 7 (2011) 97–136 107 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2011 DOI 10.1163/174553110X540978 Kristen Deede Johnson, Th eology, Political Th eory, and Pluralism: Beyond Tolerance and Diff erence (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007) xii + 276 pp. £50.00, US$ 90.00. ISBN 0521870038 (hbk). ‘How might we live together in the midst of pluralism?’ is the question that this useful book tries to answer. It is applied here to our pluralist society in the West, but of course it is also the critical question for the Christian Church today and there is much that can be transferred across from the social to the ecclesial. Th e book’s premise, one that links political theory and theology, is that Christianity specialises, so to speak, in issues of fellowship, diversity and harmony. By being itself the Church can show the way to true community. What Christian theology off ers is not a model of mere toleration, which implies putting up with something of which you disapprove, but a deep engagement with what is other, issuing in a profound unity beyond diff erence. Johnson engages in a gently critical exposition of a range of authors, beginning with Rawls and ending

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