Social Ethics in the Making

Interpreting an American Tradition
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-8687-2
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 752 Seiten, Format (B × H): 180 mm x 256 mm, Gewicht: 1544 g

In the early 1880s, proponents of what came to be called "the social gospel" founded what came to be called "social ethics." This book describes the tradition of social ethics, a tradition 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.

This book describes the founding and development of social ethics as a discourse in the realms of the academy, church, and general public. It analyzes the three major traditions of social ethics, explains revisions and offshoots of these traditions, interprets evangelical and neoconservative alternatives, and delineates the various confessional and cultural standpoints from which religious thinkers have construed the social meaning of Christianity, all in a narrative fashion.

Nearly from the beginning "social ethics" named a specific academic field and a way of thinking about Christian ethics that transcended the academy. This book pays attention to both meanings, featuring prominent academic voices and important exponents of social Christianity who had little or no relation to the social ethics guild. In the latter category, pastors and movement activists are prominent; on the other hand, after the book enters the postmodern era, the academics prevail almost without exception. In contemporary social ethics, even self-described "public intellectuals" and "public theologians" are academics.

The book is written engagingly, as befits the fascinating story that it has to tell, and is designed for students studying social ethics and Christian ethics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dorrien, Gary

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Kirchliche Bildungseinrichtungen, Diakonie, Caritas

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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, 10 John B. Cobb, Jr., Larry Rasmussen, Daniel C. Maguire, Sharon Welch, Emilie M. Townes, Ada María Isasi-Díaz, María Pilar Aquino, and David Hollenbach.

11 Borders of Possibility: The Necessity of "Discredited" Social Gospel Ideas.

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gary Dorrien ist der Reinhard Niebuhr, Professor für Sozialethik beim Verband theologischer Seminare. Er ist Autor von 12 Büchern und ungefähr 150 Artikeln, die unter den Fachrichtungen Ethik, Sozialtheorie, Theologie, Philosophie, Politik und Geschichte rangieren.

Gary Dorrien is the Reinhard Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary. He is the author of 12 books and approximately 150 articles that range across the fields of ethics, social theory, theology, philosophy, politics, and history.