Postmodernism and public policy : reframing religion, culture, education, sexuality, class, race, politics, and the economy / John B. Cobb, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cobb, John B.

Series:

SUNY series in constructive postmodern thought

SUNY series in Constructive Postmodern Thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postmodern theology.

Christianity and politics.

Postmodernism--Political aspects.

Postmodernism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of America's preeminent systematic theologians, John B. Cobb Jr. examines a range of social issues in his latest groundbreaking work, Postmodernism and Public Policy. Cobb uses a naturalistic postmodern perspective to make constructive proposals about a wide range of topics in the public eye.Postmodernism and Public Policy shows how a postmodern Christianity can contribute positively to thinking about religious and cultural pluralism, and how this can give direction to the educational enterprise. It proposes ways of understanding sex, gender, and race that take diversity seriously without lapsing into a debilitating relativism that inhibits political action. Arguing for a shift from individualism to thinking of persons-in-community, it proposes that the world be organized from the bottom up in communities of communities, and spells out what this implies for the political and economic orders and the relationship between them. Cobb shows that formulations on all these topics can be coherently interconnected and he develops the implications of such thinking for some specific ethical and political issues that now trouble the United States, such as abortion, physician-assisted suicide, and homosexuality.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Introduction to Suny Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought

Introduction

Can Christians Contribute to the Postmodern World?

Religious Pluralism and Truth

Culture and Education

Gender and Sexuality

Nature, Community, and the Human Economy

Governance

Race and Class

Ethics and Pluralism

Notes

Note on Supporting Center

Index

SUNY series in Constructive Postmodern Thought

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-198) and index.

ISBN:

9780791489659

0791489655

9780585444154

0585444153

OCLC:

61367495