ABSTRACT

Politics is about fundamental questions. What is the core task of the government? What are the most important principles behind the different ways we look at politics? What virtues does a just political system depend on? What does ‘public justice’ mean in a multicultural society? How might Christians love their neighbour by engaging in politics? How can religiously-based political views contribute to political debate without feeding polarisation? In this chapter we make the acquaintance of a number of Christian philosophers and theologians who answer such questions in alignment, more or less, with Dooyeweerd.