Social ethics in the making
Subtitle: interpreting an American tradition
By: Gary Dorrien.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.; Wiley-Interscience; Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 752
ISBN-13: 9781405186872
Subjects: Christian sociology -- United States; Social gospel -- United States; Social ethics -- United States; Christian ethics -- United States
Description: "This book describes the founding and development of social ethics as a discourse in the realms of the academy, church, and general public. It analyzes the three major traditions of social ethics, explains their revisions and offshoots, interprets evangelical and neo-conservative alternatives, and delineates the various confessional and cultural standpoints from which religious thinkers have construed the social meaning of Christianity. Almost from the beginning, "social ethics" named a specific academic field and a way of thinking about Christian ethics that transcended the academy. Dorrien pays attention to both meanings, bringing together prominent academic voices and important exponents of social Christianity, including pastors, movement activists, and self-styled "public intellectuals."" "Engagingly written by one of the field's leading figures, this book is set to become the definitive reference guide to the history and development of social ethics."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.