Social Ethics in the Making (PDF)
Interpreting an American Tradition
(Sprache: Englisch)
In the early 1880s, proponents of what came to be called "the
social gospel" founded what is now known as social ethics.
This ambitious and magisterial book describes the tradition of
social ethics: one that began with the distinctly modern idea...
social gospel" founded what is now known as social ethics.
This ambitious and magisterial book describes the tradition of
social ethics: one that began with the distinctly modern idea...
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In the early 1880s, proponents of what came to be called "the
social gospel" founded what is now known as social ethics.
This ambitious and magisterial book describes the tradition of
social ethics: one that began with the distinctly modern idea that
Christianity has a social-ethical mission to transform the
structures of society in the direction of social justice.
* Charts the story of social ethics - the idea that Christianity
has a social-ethical mission to transform society - from its roots
in the nineteenth century through to the present day
* Discusses and analyzes how different traditions of social
ethics evolved in the realms of the academy, church, and general
public
* Looks at the wide variety of individuals who have been
prominent exponents of social ethics from academics and self-styled
"public intellectuals" through to pastors and
activists
* Set to become the definitive reference guide to the history and
development of social ethics
* Recipient of a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for
2009 award
social gospel" founded what is now known as social ethics.
This ambitious and magisterial book describes the tradition of
social ethics: one that began with the distinctly modern idea that
Christianity has a social-ethical mission to transform the
structures of society in the direction of social justice.
* Charts the story of social ethics - the idea that Christianity
has a social-ethical mission to transform society - from its roots
in the nineteenth century through to the present day
* Discusses and analyzes how different traditions of social
ethics evolved in the realms of the academy, church, and general
public
* Looks at the wide variety of individuals who have been
prominent exponents of social ethics from academics and self-styled
"public intellectuals" through to pastors and
activists
* Set to become the definitive reference guide to the history and
development of social ethics
* Recipient of a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for
2009 award
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Social Ethics in the Making (PDF)“
Acknowledgments. Plates. Introduction. 1. Inventing Social Ethics (Francis Greenwood Peabody, William Jewett Tucker, and Graham Taylor). 2. The Social Gospel (Washington Gladden, Josiah Strong, Walter Rauschenbusch, and Harry F. Ward). 3. Lift Every Voice (Reverdy C. Ransom, Jane Addams, and John A. Ryan). 4. Christian Realism (Reinhold Niebuhr, H. Richard Niebuhr, John C. Bennett, and Paul Ramsey). 5. Social Christianity as Public Theology (Walter G. Muelder, James Luther Adams, John Courtney Murray, and Dorothy Day). 6. Liberationist Disruptions (Martin Luther King Jr., James H. Cone, Mary Daly, and Beverly W. Harrison). 7. Disputing and Expanding the Tradition (Carl F. H. Henry, John Howard Yoder, Stanley Hauerwas, Michael Novak, and Jim Wallis). 8. Dealing with Modernity and Postmodernity (Charles Curran, James M. Gustafson, Gibson Winter, Cornel West, Katie G. Cannon, and Victor Anderson). 9. Economy, Sexuality, Ecology, Difference (Max L. Stackhouse, Dennis P. McCann, Lisa Sowle Cahill, Marvin M. Ellison, John B. Cobb, Jr., Larry Rasmussen, Daniel C. Maguire, Sharon Welch, Emilie M. Townes, Ada María Isasi-Díaz, María Pilar Aquino, and David Hollenbach). 10. Borders of Possibility: The Necessity of "Discredited" Social Gospel Ideas. Index.
Autoren-Porträt von Gary Dorrien
Gary Dorrien is the Reinhard Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Religion at Columbia University. He is the author of 13 books and over 175 articles that range across the fields of ethics, social theory, theology, philosophy, politics, and history.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Gary Dorrien
- 2009, 1. Auflage, 752 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 1444305778
- ISBN-13: 9781444305777
- Erscheinungsdatum: 25.03.2009
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