Download or read book The Family in Christian Social and Political Thought written by Brent Waters and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007-07-19 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An alternative voice in the culture wars over 'family values'. Brent Waters proposes a normative account of the family's role in social and political ordering that draws upon a spectrum of theological and philosophical resources. He contends that when families are properly ordered they are oriented toward broader spheres of human association.