Reinhold Niebuhr and contemporary politics: god and power

A timely, collaborative re-evaluation of Reinhold Niebuhr's work that reflects on his notable contribution to Christian social ethics, the Christian doctrine of humanity and the engagement of Christian thought with contemporary politics. INDICE: Richard Harries: Introduction; 1: Robin W. Lovin: Reinhold Niebuhr in Historical Perspective; 2: Mac McCorkle: On Recent Political Uses of Reinhold Niebuhr: Toward a New Appreciation of his Legacy; 3: Jean Bethke Elshtain: Niebuhr's 'Nature of Man' and Christian Realism; 4: Ben Quash: Radical Orthodoxy's Critique of Niebuhr; 5: Samuel Wells: The Nature and Destiny of Serious Theology; 6: Wendy Dackson: Reinhold Niebuhr's 'Outsider Ecclesiology'; 7: Stephen Platten: Niebuhr, Liturgy and Public Theology; 8: Martyn Percy: Falling Far Short: Taking Sin Seriously?; 9: Ian Markham: Distinguishing Hope from Utopian Aspiration: Revisiting Reinhold Niebuhr; 10: Nigel Biggar: Reinhold Niebuhr and the Political Possibility of Forgiveness; 11: Richard Harries: What Makes Us Think That God Wants Democracy?; 12: Anatol Lieven: Realism and Progress: Niebuhr's Thought and Contemporary Challenges; 13: John D. Carlson: Reinhold Niebuhr and the Use of Force; 14: Kevin Carnahan: The Irony of American Evangelical Politics; 15: Wilfred M. McClay: Reinhold Niebuhr and the Problem of Religious Pluralism; Stephen Platten: Conclusion: Realism Revisited

• ISBN: 978-0-19-957183-3
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 25/03/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés