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This collection focuses on the meaning of the common good and what resources Christian theology, biblical studies, and ethics might contribute to our understanding of it. The rationale for the discussion in the volume is ultimately theological. Whether under the formal rubric of “common good” discourse or not, the meaning of a commitment to community and the duties and claims of the individual...

these matters. In various ways, the essays that follow take up that question once more. In some instances they seek to raise the issue of the community generally (Mount). In other cases they deal with the role of the political authority—for good or ill—in the pursuit of the common good (Cavanaugh, Porter, Skillen). Or they explore the necessity of defining the common good in relation to God’s own intentions and the community that is formed in worshipful response to God (Jenson). Given this Augustinian
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