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Applied Christian ethics : foundations, economic justice, and politics / edited by Matthew Lon Weaver ; afterword by Ronald H. Stone.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stone, Ronald H., author of introduction, etc.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian ethics.
- Christian sociology.
- Church and social problems.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (325 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland ; London, England : Lexington Books, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- <span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Applied Christian Ethics </span><span>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.</span></span>
- Contents:
- 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 OrganizationsChapter 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-7391-9659-6
- OCLC:
- 890981285
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