Resistance and theological ethics / edited by Ronald H. Stone and Robert L. Stivers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stone, Ronald H.

Stivers, Robert L., 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian sociology--Presbyterian Church--Congresses.

Christian sociology.

Christian ethics--Presbyterian authors--Congresses.

Christian ethics.

Christian ethics--Presbyterian authors.

Presbyterian Church.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

vi, 334 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2004]

Summary:

Resistance and Theological Ethics collects the edited and updated essays that emerged from the meeting of the Theological Educators for Presbyterian Social Witness in Geneva, Switzerland and southern France in 1999. These writings from educators and ethicists combine to sound a clarion call for the church to stand in resistance to social, economic and political forces that threaten--while embracing those that foster--social justice, peace and human welfare. Each author emphasizes a specific call to resistance against powers grounded in particular forms of sin: religious pride, greed, violence and domination. Divided into three parts, the book details social forces to be resisted, presents historical and biblical examples of resistance, and concludes with theological analysis and advocacy for action in contemporary American society.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Contemporary Resistance Ethics / Ronald H. Stone 1

Part I. Resistance to Social Forces

2 Resistance and Economic Globalization / Robert L. Stivers 17

3 Globalization: Reform or Resist? / Gordon K. Douglass 35

4 Environmental Movements as Forms of Resistance / Heidi Hadsell 55

5 Resistance to Structural Adjustment Policies / Laura Stivers 63

6 Nationalism and International Migration / Dana W. Wilbanks 83

7 Resistance and Biotechnology Debates / F. E. Bonkovsky 97

8 Resistance to Military Neo-Imperialism / Ronald H. Stone 117

Part II. Biblical and Historical Roots of Resistance

9 The Subversive Kingship of Jesus in Luke / Paul Hertig 137

10 Reading Revelation Today: Witness as Active Resistance / Brian K. Blount 155

11 Nature, Resistance, and the Kingdom of God / John C. Raines 173

12 Citizenship, Resistance, and St. Augustine / Frances S. Adeney 185

13 "Is God Dead?": The Complexity of Resistance / Scott C. Williamson 203

14 Korean Women's Resistance: "If I Perish, I Perish" / Young Lee Hertig 219

Part III. Theological Ethics of Resistance

15 Resistance, Affirmation, and the Sovereignty of God / Mark Douglas 241

16 Fundamentalism and the Big Picture Bible / Robert A. Chesnut 257

17 Is This New Wine? Resistance Among Black Presbyterians / Ronald E. Peters 263

18 Spirit and Resistance: A Theological Perspective on Lillian Hellman / Lora M. Gross 283

19 Theology of Resistance in Bonhoeffer and Tillich / Matthew Lon Weaver 299

20 Resisting Malpraxis in Religion / Edward LeRoy Long Jr. 313.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0742541592

0742541606

OCLC:

54843815