The ethics of tainted legacies : human flourishing after traumatic pasts / Karen V. Guth, College of the Holy Cross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guth, Karen V., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reputation.

Public opinion.

Self-perception.

Failure (Psychology).

Success.

Physical Description:

x, 280 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"What do we do when a beloved comedian known as "America's Dad" is convicted of sexual assault? Or when we discover that the man who wrote "all men are created equal" also enslaved hundreds of people? Or when priests are exposed as pedophiles? From the popular to the political to the profound, each day brings new revelations that respected people, traditions, and institutions are not what we thought they were. Despite the shock that these disclosures produce, this state of affairs is anything but new. Facing the concrete task of living well when our best moral resources are not only contaminated but also potentially corrupting is an enduring feature of human experience. In this book, Karen V. Guth identifies "tainted legacies" as a pressing contemporary moral problem and ethical challenge. Constructing a typology of responses to compromised thinkers, traditions, and institutions, she demonstrates the relevance of age-old debates in Christian theology for those who confront legacies tarnished by the traumas of slavery, racism, and sexual violence"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : tainted legacies

Tainted legacies : morally injurious "remainders" of traumatic pasts

Common responses to tainted legacies

"Biblical birthright" and the #MeToo movement : feminist and womanist biblical scholarship on how to read cultural texts of terror

Heritage and hate : womanist ethics and the confederate monuments debate

Inheriting America's Original Sin : can our alma maters make amends for slavery?

Individual and institutional responses to John Howard Yoder's tainted legacy : fostering flourishing from a traumatic past

Conclusion : "Reformation" and human flourishing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-263) and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781009100359

1009100351

9781009114875

1009114875

OCLC:

1334658625