Social Selves and Political Reforms

Five Visions in Contemporary Christian Ethics
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-567-02603-3
Verlag: Continnuum-3PL

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 395 g

Snarr's book explores and evaluates five different visions of the social self from five key ethicists (Rauschenbusch, Niebuhr, Hauerwas, Harrison, and Townes).

Identifies the social self as a foundational normative and theological concept for contemporary Christian ethics
- Classifies and evaluates different visions of the social self in contemporary Christian ethics through the analysis of five key Protestant ethicists
- Includes an appraisal of feminist and womanist Christian ethicists as political ethicists.
- Proposes six anthropological convictions that encourage Christian ethicists to analyze the material conditions and institutional frameworks that form citizens and politicians.

Christian ethicists from a wide spectrum of methods and commitments come together in arguing for some kind of social conception of the self, noticing that convergence sheds new light on the current range of theoretical options in Christian ethics. But it also opens up an important conversation about political reform. Social visions of the self help ethicists comprehend and evaluate the moral work of institutions--comprehension that is especially important in a time of crisis for democratic participation. But not all visions of the social self are equal. Snarr's book explores and evaluates five different visions of the social self from five key ethicists (Rauschenbusch, Niebuhr, Hauerwas, Harrison, and Townes). It identifies insights and risks associated with each vision of the self and considers the adequacy of each vision for reforms that deepen democracy. The book concludes with a proposal for six core convictions about the social self that help form Christian political ethics able to respond to contemporary needs for democratic reform.

Zielgruppe

Academics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Snarr, C. Melissa

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Gesundheitsökonomie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Ethik, Moraltheologie, Sozialethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Politics and Christianizing the Social Self
Chapter 2: Walter Rauschenbusch and Organizing the Social
Chapter 3: Reinhold Niebuhr and Social Anxiety
Chapter 4: Stanley Hauerwas and the Church Social
Chapter 5: Beverly Harrison and Radical Sociality
Chapter 6: Emilie Townes and the Socially Resilient Self
Chapter 7: Socializing Christian Political Ethics

Über Autor(innen)

C. Melissa Snarr is Assistant Professor of Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Divinity School and Graduate Division of Religion