{"product_id":"a-brief-inquiry-into-the-meaning-of-sin-and-faith-with-on-my-religion-9780674047532","title":"A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith With On My Religion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Rawls never published anything about his own religious beliefs, but after his death two texts were discovered which shed light on the subject. The present volume includes these two texts, together with an Introduction that discusses their relation to Rawls’s published work, and an essay that places them theological context.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat a pleasure to read John Rawls's senior thesis at Princeton, which he submitted in 1942, long before his book \u003ci\u003eA Theory of Justice\u003c\/i\u003e (1971) established him as America's most respected liberal philosopher of law. Rawls's later writings are as \u003ci\u003epareve\u003c\/i\u003e (neutral) as could be--they have no hint of the religious passion and wisdom that permeates his senior thesis. Robert Merrihew Adams has a long accompanying essay reviewing what is the most exciting in Rawls's thesis. * Tikkun *\u003cbr\u003eNo recent secular moralist has been more influential than John Rawls...[\u003ci\u003eA Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith\u003c\/i\u003e] undoubtedly reveals an interesting stage in the development of a highly significant philosopher. -- Anthony Kenny * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eAllows us to see how a very intelligent believer, who once considered the priesthood, lost his Christian faith as a young man. -- James Wood * New Yorker *\u003cbr\u003e[A] fascinating account of the evolution of his religious convictions. -- R. Bruce Douglass * Christian Century *\u003cbr\u003e[A] fascinating account of the evolution of his religiousd convictions. -- R. Bruce Douglass * Christian Century *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Introduction \t*Joshua Cohen and Thomas Nagel  \t* The Theological Ethics of the Young Rawls and Its Background \t*Robert Merrihew Adams  \tA Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith \t* A Note on the Text \t* Preface  \t* A General Prospectus \t* Vindication of the Natural Cosmos \t* The Extended Natural Cosmos \t* The Meaning of Sin \t* The Meaning of Faith \t* Bibliography  \tOn My Religion  \t* Index","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742275567959,"sku":"9780674047532","price":24.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674047532.jpg?v=1758383911","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-brief-inquiry-into-the-meaning-of-sin-and-faith-with-on-my-religion-9780674047532","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}