ISBN:
9780231149846
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9780231526296
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxiv, 500 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
The Columbia series in religion and politics
Parallel Title:
Print version Economy, Difference, Empire : Social Ethics for Social Justice
DDC:
303.3/72097309045
Keywords:
Social justice
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Social ethics
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Social ethics - United States
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United States Social conditions 21st century
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Sourcing the major traditions of progressive Christian social ethics-social gospelliberalism, Niebuhrian realism, and liberation theology-Gary Dorrien argues for the social-ethical necessity of social justice politics. In carefully reasoned essays, he focuses on three broad subjects: the ethics and politics of economic justice; racial and gender justice; and anti-militarism, and makes a constructive case for economic democracy, a liberationist understanding of racial and gender justice, and an anti-imperial form of liberal internationalism. In Dorrien's view, the three major discourse traditio
Description / Table of Contents:
CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Part I The Social Gospel and Niebuhrian Realism; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Part II Economic Democracy in Question; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Part III Neoconservatism and American Empire; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Part IV Social Ethics and the Politics of Difference ; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; NOTES; INDEX
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
URL:
http://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.7312/dorr14984
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