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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461332903321

Autore

Snarr C. Melissa

Titolo

Social selves and political reforms [[electronic resource] ] : five visions in contemporary Christian ethics / / C. Melissa Snarr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : T&T Clark, c2007

ISBN

0-567-49577-9

1-283-12210-3

9786613122100

0-567-01111-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Disciplina

241

Soggetti

Christian ethics

Christian sociology

Christianity and politics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-129) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Politics and Christianizing the social self -- Walter Rauschenbusch and organizing the social -- Reinhold Niebuhr and social anxiety -- Stanley Hauerwas and the church social -- Beverly Harrison and radical sociality -- Emilie Townes and the socially resilient self -- Conclusion: Socializing Christian political ethics -- Postscript: The work that lies ahead.

Sommario/riassunto

Christian ethicists from a wide spectrum of methods and commitments come together in arguing for some kind of social conception of the self, noticing that convergence sheds new light on the current range of theoretical options in Christian ethics. But it also opens up an important conversation about political reform. Social visions of the self help ethicists comprehend and evaluate the moral work of institutions--comprehension that is especially important in a time of crisis for democratic participation. But not all visions of the social self are equal. Snarr's book explores and evaluates five