Biblical ethics and social change
By: Stephen Charles Mott
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780199739370
Subjects: Christliche Ethik; Gesellschaft; Christian ethics; Christentum; Social ethics; Gerechtigkeit; Bibel; Sozialer Wandel; Sozialethik; Modell; Ethics in the Bible
Description: For the past thirty years, Biblical Ethics and Social Change has provided a keenly insightful biblical argument for intentional institutional change on behalf of social justice. Stephen Charles Mott shows how central concepts in biblical and theological ethics-grace, evil, love, justice, and the Reign of God-figure into social change, arguing that Christian social change must be rooted not only in justice but in the grace received through the death and resurrection of Christ. Mott also uses ethics, scripture, and theology to evaluate methods for carrying out that intentional social change, through examination of the complex roles of evangelism, countercommunity, civil disobedience, armed revolution, and political reform. He argues that change can only be brought about by taking upon oneself the cause of the oppressed and by using all available and legitimate means of meeting basic needs by providing for all what is essential for inclusion in society. This revised second edition contains Mott's further reflections on the topic and updates its applications to contemporary social life. Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Biblical faith and the reality of social evil --; title: God's grace and our action --; title: Love and society --; title: God's justice and ours --; title: The long march of God --; title: Evangelism --; title: The church as countercommunity --; title: Strategic noncooperation --; title: After all else--then arms? --; title: Creative reform through politics.