Theology and economic ethics : Martin Luther and Arthur Rich in dialogue / Sean Doherty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doherty, Sean, author.

Series:

Oxford theology and religion monographs.

Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Luther, Martin, 1483-1546. Großer Sermon von dem Wucher.

Luther, Martin.

Rich, Arthur, 1910-1992. Wirtschaftsethik.

Rich, Arthur.

Economics--Religious aspects.

Economics.

Economics--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume seeks to expand the self-critical resources of contemporary theological economic ethics by bringing the method of a pre-modern thinker, Martin Luther (1483-1546), into interaction with that of a modern contribution to social ethics, the Swiss theologian Arthur Rich (1910-92).

Contents:

Cover; Theology and Economic Ethics: Martin Luther and Arthur Rich in Dialogue; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; WHAT THIS MONOGRAPH TRIES TO DO, AND WHY; THE METHOD; THE STRUCTURE; 1: Luther's Moral Theological Method in His Sermon von dem Wucher; THE CONTEXT OF THE SERMON VON DEM WUCHER; THE GENRE OF THE SERMON VON DEM WUCHER; THE CLAIM OF THE GOSPEL VERSUS THE CLAIMS OF ECONOMICS; LUTHER'S USE OF SCRIPTURE; THE FIRST DEGREE: 'IF ANYONE WOULD SUE YOU AND TAKE YOUR TUNIC, LET HIM HAVE YOUR CLOAK AS WELL'

THE SECOND DEGREE: 'GIVE TO THE ONE WHO BEGS FROM YOU'THE THIRD DEGREE: 'DO NOT REFUSE THE ONE WHO WOULD BORROW FROM YOU'; LUTHER'S METHOD IN PART ONE: SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS; PART TWO OF THE SERMON VON DEM WUCHER; THE ZINSKAUF AND LUTHER'S RESPONSE TO IT; THE STERILITY OF MONEY; LUTHER'S SUGGESTIONS FOR REFORM; LUTHER'S USE OF THE DOCTRINE OF CREATION IN ECONOMIC ETHICS; LUTHER'S CONCEPTS OF WORK AND VOCATION; LUTHER'S ASSESSMENT OF SELF-INTEREST; REFORMS MADE BY GOVERNMENT AND PERSONAL ACTION IN LUTHER'S SOCIAL ETHICS; CONCLUSION

2: Arthur Rich's Moral Theological Method in His WirtschaftsethikTHE CONTEXT OF WIRTSCHAFTSETHIK; RICH'S DESCRIPTION OF HIS OWN PROJECT; THE 'BASIC ETHICAL QUESTION' AND THE UNIVERSALITY OF THE MORAL EXPERIENCE; THE MAIN SCHOOLS OF ETHICAL THOUGHT, AND RICH'S PREFERRED OPTION; THE SOURCE OF RICH'S METHOD IN THE THOUGHT OF MAX WEBER; RICH'S CONCEPT OF SOCIAL ETHICS; ECONOMICS WITHIN ETHICS; ETHICS WITHIN ECONOMICS; HUMANITY AND REVELATION; RICH'S ROOTS IN KARL MARX; RICH'S CHOSEN METHOD: DIALOGUE; THE DISTINCTIVENESS OF CHRISTIAN SOCIAL ETHICS FOR RICH; The Anamnetic Role; The Radical Role

RICH'S ROOTS IN JOHN RAWLS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES FOR HIS SOCIAL ETHICSHOW NEAR IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD? ESCHATOLOGY AS RICH'S KEY THEOLOGICAL THEME; Rich and Ragaz, Kutter, and Barth; Emil Brunner and the 'Orders of Creation'; Eschatology in the Later/'Mature' Barth; Liberation Theology; Rich's Resolution of the Eschatological Dilemma Using Blaise Pascal's Dialectical Method; RICH'S CRITERIA FOR JUSTICE AND HIS SOCIAL-ETHICAL MAXIMS; Introducing Rich's Concepts of Criteria and Maxims; The Criteria for Justice; Rich's Development of His Concept of Maxims; Rich and Scripture; RICH'S CONCLUSIONS

CONCLUSION3: An Analysis of Arthur Rich's Method in the Light of that of Martin Luther; ETHICS AS A SCIENTIFIC, DIALOGICAL DISCIPLINE; THE PROBLEM OF ETHICS; The Tragedy and Complexity of Ethics; Rich's Response to Tragedy and Complexity: Optimization Rather than Fixed Moral Norms; The Source of the Problem of Ethics; Human Responsibility within Social Ethics; ESCHATOLOGY VERSUS CREATION AS A BASIS FOR SOCIAL ETHICS; Eschatology and Social Ethics; Creation and Social Ethics; Should Social Ethics Be Based on Eschatology?; PROBLEMS WITH RICH'S PRACTICE OF SOCIAL ETHICS

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ETHICS AND ECONOMICS

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ISBN:

0-19-870333-3

0-19-100842-7

OCLC:

880579527