The world calling : the church's witness in politics and society / Thomas W. Ogletree.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ogletree, Thomas W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian sociology--United States.

Christian sociology.

Protestant churches.

United States.

Christianity and politics--United States.

Christianity and politics.

Christian sociology--Protestant churches.

Christianity and politics--Protestant churches.

Protestant churches--United States--Doctrines.

Physical Description:

x, 141 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, [2004]

Summary:

Thomas Ogletree has devoted much of his career to exploring the significance of Ernst Troeltsch's seminal work The Social Teaching of the Christian Churches. In The World Calling he elaborates forms of critical inquiry that are necessary for rendering Christian social teaching effective amid the social and institutional complexities of the modern world, and he uses Troeltsch's Social Teaching as the primary guide-especially his call for research that combines "historical thinking" and "social analysis." Authentic bodies of Christian social teaching, Ogletree argues, must be firmly grounded in formative church traditions. Yet, he contends, they must also address concrete social realities: a diverse social and cultural environment, a market economy with an expanding global reach, a constitutional democracy that protects basic human liberties, and the challenges of maintaining a stable international order.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Constructing a Christian Social Witness 1

2 The Public Witness of the Christian Churches: Reflections Based upon Ernst Troeltsch's Social Teaching of the Christian Churches 11

3 Christian Social Ethics as a Theological Discipline 42

4 Corporate Capitalism and the Common Good: A Framework for Addressing the Challenges of a Global Economy 70

5 Renewing Ecumenical Protestant Social Teaching 97

6 Faith, Culture, and Power: Reflections on James H. Cone's Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare 122

Appendix The Ecclesial Context of Christian Ethics: Presidential Address to the Society of Christian Ethics (1984) 130.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0664228747

OCLC:

55645049