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Applied Christian Ethics : Foundations, Economic Justice, and Politics.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (325 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780739196595
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Applied Christian EthicsDDC classification:
  • 241
LOC classification:
  • BJ1251 -- .A67 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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