Weaver, Matthew Lon.

Applied Christian Ethics : Foundations, Economic Justice, and Politics. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (325 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- I: Foundations -- Chapter One: Social Christianity, Niebuhrian Realism, and the Protestant Mainline -- Chapter Two: Paul Tillich and the Frankfurt School -- Chapter Three: Toward a Constructive "Religious Realism" -- Chapter Four: Paul Tillich and the Lingering Possibility of Prophetic Activity -- Chapter Five: Recent Books about Reinhold Niebuhr and Reflections on His Relevance Today -- Chapter Six: Calvin for Today -- Chapter Seven: The Life and Practice of an Ethicist -- II: Economics and Justice -- Chapter Eight: Cowboys, Indians, and Ethicists -- Chapter Nine: Justice, Power, and International Organizations -- Chapter Ten: Making Global Capitalism More Just by Imposing an International Transaction Tax -- Chapter Eleven: Responding to "Not in My Backyard" Advocates -- III: Politics, War, and Peacemaking -- Chapter Twelve: Redeeming Democracy -- Chapter Thirteen: The Development and Nature of the Peacemaking Idea -- Chapter Fourteen: The Church Reformed and Always Resisting -- Chapter Fifteen: Vietnam -- Chapter Sixteen: Drones and Christian Morality -- Afterword -- Index -- About the Contributors -- About the Editor.

Applied Christian Ethics addresses selected themes in Christian social ethics. Part one shows the roots of contributors in the realist school; part two focuses on different levels of the significance of economics for social justice; and part three deals with both existential experience and government policy in war and peace issues.

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