Redeeming Sociology
Subtitle: a God-centered approach
Publisher: Crossway
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Wheaton, IL
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781433521294
Copyright date: 2011
Table of contents: title: Preface : Why relationships?; title: Introduction : Considering personal relationships; title: 1. The importance of relationships; title: Part one : God's involvement with relationships.; title: 2. Relationships and the Trinity; title: 3. God creating human beings; title: 4. God's covenants; title: 5. God sustaining relationships; title: 6. Creativity in relationships; title: 7. Exploring examples of relationships; title: 8. The regularities of human relationships; title: 9. God's rule; title: 10. Responding to God's government; title: Part two : From big to small : relationships in the context of history.; title: 11. Small pieces of human action within the big pieces; title: 12. World history; title: 13. The fall into sin; title: 14. Redemption through Christ; title: 15. Peoples and cultures; title: 16. Principles for cultural reconciliation; title: 17. Good and bad kinds of diversity; title: 18. Human action; title: Part three : Interpreting human relationships.; title: 19. Meanings in personal action; title: 20. Social and cultural analysis; title: 21. Interpreting God's actions; title: 22. Cultural learning; title: 23. Human knowledge within culture; title: Part four : Smaller wholes within society.; title: 24. Varieties in society; title: 25. Authorities; title: 26. Classifications of people; title: 27. Social equality and inequality; title: 28. Episodes; title: 29. Transactions; title: 30. Action in steps; title: 31. Subsystems for human action; title: 32. Signs and their meanings; title: 33. Foundations for unified signs; title: 34. From signs to perspectives; title: Part five : Applications.; title: 35. A jigsaw piece as a perspective; title: 36. Living in relationships; title: Appendixes : Interaction with other approaches to society and relationships.; title: A. René Descartes's method; title: B. Modern sociology; title: C. "Scientific" sociology; title: D. Empathetic sociologies; title: E. Sociological models; title: F. Sociology of knowledge; title: G. Sociology and postmodernism; title: H. Postmodern theology