Theological Ethics, Volume 2
Subtitle: Politics
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 1969
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 701
Table of contents: title: Editor's Foreword
pagenum: vii; title: Abbreviations
pagenum: xvi; label: Part One
title: Political Ethics in the Modern World; label: 1
title: Preliminary Questions of Method
pagenum: 3; label: A
title: Authority and Democracy; label: 2
title: The Transition from Authoritarian to Democratic Thinking
pagenum: 7; title: Divine Creation and Human Control in Government
pagenum: 16; label: B
title: Authority and Totalitarianism; label: 3
title: Ideological Tyranny
pagenum: 22; title: The Totalitarian State in Soviet Doctrine
pagenum: 22; title: The Concept of Ideology
pagenum: 26; title: The Concept of the Ideological Superstructure
pagenum: 27; label: 4
title: The Pragmatism and Idolatry of the Ideologies
pagenum: 33; title: The Pragmatic Background of Ideologies
pagenum: 33; title: Ideology as a Means of Rule
pagenum: 35; title: The Claim to Absoluteness
pagenum: 38; title: Science and Ideology
pagenum: 39; title: Ideology and Law
pagenum: 41; title: Ideologies as Idolatry
pagenum: 46; label: 5
title: The Relation of Ideological Tyranny to the Authoritarian State
pagenum: 53; title: Revelation 13 as a Model of Ideological Tyranny
pagenum: 53; title: The Demonism of Ideologized Christianity
pagenum: 62; title: Human Rights between Ideology and the Minimal Norm
pagenum: 66; title: The Non-Ideological Efficacy of Faith
pagenum: 69; label: C
title: Authority and the Autonomies; label: 6
title: The Concept of Autonomy
pagenum: 71; title: Ineluctable Necessity versus Ethical Opportunity
pagenum: 71; title: Preliminary Sketches of Autonomous Processes
pagenum: 74; title: The Way to Equality of the Sexes
pagenum: 74; title: Supply and Demand
pagenum: 76; title: The Origins of War
pagenum: 81; label: 7
title: The Ethics of Politics in Actual History
pagenum: 85; title: The Case Study Method
pagenum: 85; title: Bismarck the "Christian Statesman"
pagenum: 92; title: Bismarck's Personal Relation to the Christian Faith
pagenum: 93; title: The Situation of the Christian in Actual History
pagenum: 95; title: The Significance of Personal Faith for Concrete Political Action
pagenum: 100; title: Theological Results of the Analysis
pagenum: 107; title: Hitler and Dynamic Amorality
pagenum: 114; title: The Absolutizing of Autonomy in Ideological Tyranny
pagenum: 117; title: Autonomy and Ethical Decision
pagenum: 120; label: 8
title: The Autonomy of Politics in Theory
pagenum: 124; title: Carl Schmitt and the "Friend-Foe Relationship"
pagenum: 124; title: The View of Man in Machiavelli and Thomas More
pagenum: 134; label: Part Two
title: The Nature of the State; label: A
title: Phenomenology of the State; label: 9
title: The State and the Individual
pagenum: 143; title: Retrospect and Prospect
pagenum: 143; title: The State as a Goal and as a Means of Individual Existence
pagenum: 146; title: The Overarching Third Factor
pagenum: 151; label: 10
title: The State and Moral Society
pagenum: 155; title: The Meta-Ethical Exercise of State Power
pagenum: 155; title: The Difference between Law and Morality
pagenum: 157; title: The Common Root
pagenum: 159; title: The Dialectical Relationship
pagenum: 162; title: Law and the Noachic Covenant
pagenum: 165; label: 11
title: The Nature of Power
pagenum: 167; title: The General Concept of Power
pagenum: 167; title: The Psychological Aspect
pagenum: 167; title: The Teleological Aspect
pagenum: 168; title: The Phenomenological Aspect
pagenum: 170; title: The Ambiguity of Power
pagenum: 172; label: 12
title: Power and Authority
pagenum: 178; title: Force versus the Power of Persuasion
pagenum: 178; title: Authority and Autonomy
pagenum: 180; title: Authority and Loyalty
pagenum: 189; title: Authority and Freedom
pagenum: 193; title: Theonomy and Autonomy
pagenum: 195; title: Authority and Confidence
pagenum: 202; label: 13
title: The Distribution of Powers
pagenum: 210; title: The Basic Problem of Dividing the Indivisible
pagenum: 210; title: Individual Freedom and the "Totalitarian Group"
pagenum: 215; title: Concrete Measures to Ensure Distribution
pagenum: 220; title: Representation and Delegation
pagenum: 220; title: The Political Party
pagenum: 222; title: The Separation between Party and Government
pagenum: 225; title: Two Borderline Cases
pagenum: 226; title: The Theological Locus of the Problem
pagenum: 229; title: Human Rights and the Limitation of Power
pagenum: 230; label: B
title: Theology of the State; label: 14
title: The Biblical Concept of the State
pagenum: 235; title: The Theological Background of Power
pagenum: 235; title: The Power of God
pagenum: 237; title: The Powerlessness of Jesus Christ
pagenum: 240; title: The Relation between Power and Love
pagenum: 241; title: The Provisional Character of the State between the Fall and the Judgment
pagenum: 248; label: C
title: Concrete Illustrations of the Ethical Consequences; label: 15
title: The Minimal State in Education
pagenum: 256; title: The Interests of the State
pagenum: 257; title: The Role of the Church
pagenum: 264; title: The Rights of Parents
pagenum: 270; title: The Personal Element in the Orders
pagenum: 275; title: The Primacy of Parental Rights
pagenum: 279; title: The Implementation of Parental Rights
pagenum: 281; label: 16
title: The Minimal State in Welfare
pagenum: 289; title: The Problem of Institutionalizing Love
pagenum: 289; title: The Development of the Welfare State
pagenum: 293; title: Reasons for the Development
pagenum: 294; title: The Form of the Development
pagenum: 300; title: The Consequences of the Development
pagenum: 302; title: Checking the Trend
pagenum: 309; label: Part Three
title: Borderline Situations; label: A
title: Resistance to State Authority; label: 17
title: The Applicability of Scripture and Tradition in the Question of Resistance
pagenum: 321; title: The Authority of Scriptural Citations
pagenum: 321; title: The Relevance of the Church's Tradition
pagenum: 325; label: 18
title: The Situations of Resistance
pagenum: 327; title: The Legality and Legitimacy of Resistance
pagenum: 327; title: The Legality of Opposition in Democracy
pagenum: 328; title: The Illegality of Opposition in Totalitarianism
pagenum: 329; title: Summary Sketch of the Possibilities
pagenum: 331; label: 19
title: Revolution
pagenum: 333; title: The Dubious Character of All Revolutionary Acts
pagenum: 333; title: The Residue of "Authority" Even in the Questionable Regime
pagenum: 333; title: The Ethical Complexity of Revolution and Tyrannicide
pagenum: 335; title: The Anarchical Results of Revolution
pagenum: 340; title: Revolution as a Last Resort
pagenum: 341; title: Premises for an Ethically Legitimate Revolution
pagenum: 343; title: The Availability of a Successor Government
pagenum: 343; title: The Ripeness of the Situation
pagenum: 346; title: Legitimation by the People as a Whole
pagenum: 346; title: The Problem of Revolution in Democracy
pagenum: 348; label: 20
title: Opposition to Individual Measures
pagenum: 350; title: Opposition in a Democracy
pagenum: 350; title: Normal Opposition
pagenum: 350; title: Two Borderline Cases
pagenum: 351; title: Opposition in the Totalitarian State
pagenum: 357; title: Christian Resistance
pagenum: 357; title: The Agents of Resistance
pagenum: 360; title: The Relevance of Luther's Theology of Politics
pagenum: 368; label: 21
title: The Oath of Loyalty and the Resistance Situation
pagenum: 376; title: The Concept of the Oath
pagenum: 376; title: The Appeal to a Higher Authority
pagenum: 376; title: Two Kinds of Oath
pagenum: 378; title: Three Functions of the Oath of Loyalty
pagenum: 378; title: The Oath in the Bible
pagenum: 380; title: The Oath in Reformation Teaching
pagenum: 385; title: The Limits of the Oath
pagenum: 388; title: Annulment of the Oath and the Church as Watchman
pagenum: 397; label: 22
title: Military Obedience
pagenum: 406; title: Obedience in the Military and in Civilian Life
pagenum: 406; title: Restriction of the Soldier's Maturity
pagenum: 409; title: The Necessity for Unquestioning Obedience
pagenum: 409; title: Discipline and Drill
pagenum: 411; title: Servile Fear
pagenum: 413; title: Responsibility in the Military
pagenum: 415; title: The Responsibility of Commanders
pagenum: 415; title: The Responsibility of Subordinates
pagenum: 417; label: B
title: War; label: 23
title: Traditional Ethics and the Atomic Age
pagenum: 419; title: The Nature of War
pagenum: 419; title: War and the State
pagenum: 422; title: New Problems of the Atomic Age
pagenum: 425; label: 24
title: The Origins of War
pagenum: 430; title: The Problem of Sovereignty in International Affairs
pagenum: 430; title: The Nature of Sovereignty
pagenum: 431; title: The Theological Significance of Sovereignty
pagenum: 434; title: The Tragic-Naturalistic Interpretation of Conflicting Sovereignties
pagenum: 437; title: The Theological Understanding of Associations of States
pagenum: 438; title: The Idolizing of the Laws of Conflict
pagenum: 443; title: The Tempting Combination of Egoism and Altruism
pagenum: 448; title: The Psychological Fascination of War
pagenum: 450; title: The Concealment of Brutal Motives
pagenum: 450; label: 25
title: The Relative Justification of War
pagenum: 452; title: The Problem in Tradition
pagenum: 452; title: The Bible
pagenum: 452; title: The Church Fathers
pagenum: 455; title: Roman Catholic Moral Theology
pagenum: 458; title: Evangelical Theology
pagenum: 460; title: The Right of Defense
pagenum: 463; title: Peaceful Order Through Power and the Dangers Involved in Breaking the Peace
pagenum: 463; title: The Radical Question of What May Actually Be Defended
pagenum: 466; label: 26
title: War in the Atomic Age
pagenum: 473; title: The Question of an Atomic Peace
pagenum: 473; title: The New Quality of War
pagenum: 473; title: The Mistrust Which Leads to Retaining Atomic Weapons While Rejecting Atomic War
pagenum: 474; title: The Problem of the Physical Balance of Atomic Powers
pagenum: 478; title: The Choice between Communism and World Destruction
pagenum: 479; title: The Concept of the Psychological Deterrent
pagenum: 484; title: The Church and Atomic War
pagenum: 487; title: Realism in Church Pronouncements
pagenum: 488; title: The Church's Preaching with Reference to the Atom
pagenum: 492; title: The Church's Counsel with Reference to the Atom
pagenum: 497; label: 27
title: Pacifism
pagenum: 500; title: Idealistic Pacifism
pagenum: 500; title: Rationalistic Pacifism
pagenum: 503; title: Pragmatic Pacifism
pagenum: 508; title: Tolstoi
pagenum: 509; title: Gandhi
pagenum: 511; title: The Relevance of Non-Violence to Atomic Disputes
pagenum: 515; label: 28
title: Conscientious Objection
pagenum: 519; title: The Basic Question and Its Modern Variants
pagenum: 519; title: The Reasons for Refusing Military Service and the Appeal to Conscience
pagenum: 523; title: The Situation of the State
pagenum: 528; title: Possibilities of Regulation
pagenum: 533; label: Part Four
title: The Theological Debate on Church and State; label: 29
title: The Roman Catholic View of Church and State
pagenum: 541; title: The Theocratic Tendency in the Interrelating of Spiritual and Temporal Power
pagenum: 542; title: Christians as Members of Both Spheres
pagenum: 543; title: The State Defined by Natural Law, Which Is in Turn Defined by the Church
pagenum: 544; title: The Implications of Christology and Ecclesiology
pagenum: 553; title: The Background in the History of Dogma
pagenum: 554; title: The Implications for Catholic-Protestant Co-operation
pagenum: 558; title: The Problem of the Christian Party
pagenum: 559; label: 30
title: The Reformed View of Church and State
pagenum: 565; title: Calvinist "Activism" and Lutheran "Quietism"
pagenum: 565; title: The Underlying Theological Differences
pagenum: 571; title: Monistic Thinking in Terms of the Decree
pagenum: 571; title: Calvin's View of Law and Gospel
pagenum: 586; title: The Intermediate Position of Abraham Kuyper
pagenum: 598; title: The Extreme Theocracy of Arnold van Ruler
pagenum: 604; label: Part Five
title: The Message of the Church to the World; label: 31
title: The Church and Politics
pagenum: 617; title: Church and World in Connection and Separation
pagenum: 617; title: The Word that Comes and the Word that Goes Forth
pagenum: 617; title: The Church above the Times
pagenum: 622; title: The Church in Time
pagenum: 625; title: False Conservatism
pagenum: 627; title: False Revolutionism
pagenum: 629; title: Political Preaching in Specific Situations
pagenum: 632; title: The East-West Conflict
pagenum: 632; title: The Church in the Totalitarian State
pagenum: 636; title: The Law of Infiltration and Subversion
pagenum: 642; label: 32
title: Review of Methodology
pagenum: 649; title: Indexes
pagenum: 657