{"product_id":"social-ethics-in-the-making-9781444337303","title":"Social Ethics in the Making","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the early 1880s, proponents of what came to be called the social gospel founded what is now known as social ethics. This ambitious and magisterial book describes the tradition of social ethics: one that began with the distinctly modern idea that Christianity has a social-ethical mission to transform the structures of society in the direction of social justice.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCharts the story of social ethics - the idea that Christianity has a social-ethical mission to transform society - from its roots in the nineteenth century through to the present day\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses and analyzes how different traditions of social ethics evolved in the realms of the academy, church, and general public\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLooks at the wide variety of individuals who have been prominent exponents of social ethics from academics and self-styled public intellectuals through to pastors and activists\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSet to become the definitive reference guide to the history and development of social ethics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRecip\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA masterful, careful, and encyclopedic history of Christian social ethics--from the social gospel to Christian realism to liberationist theologies and beyond. It is simply the definitive history of Christian social ethics in the US--a must-read for scholars, students, and practitioners alike. (Choice) In this magnificent, sprawling and monumental book, Gary Dorrien maps the origins and development of Christian social ethics in the U.S. by making an insightful analysis of its three major traditions and numerous alternatives. Social Ethics in the Making will soon be recognized as a classic. It is a captivating, expertly written and exhaustively researched pilgrimage through the changing landscape of Christian social ethics. (The Christian Century)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlates x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Inventing Social Ethics: Francis Greenwood Peabody, William Jewett Tucker, and Graham Taylor 6\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBecoming Francis Greenwood Peabody 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilosophies of Moral Philosophy 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond Moral Philosophy: Social Ethics 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Social Question, William Jewett Tucker, and Liberal Theology 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJesus and the Social Question 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUp from Slavery: The Race Problem in the Social Question 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRetreating to the Seminaries 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting Peabody Right 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristian Sociology: Graham Taylor 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Social Gospel in the Classroom and Public Square 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. The Social Gospel: Washington Gladden, Josiah Strong, Walter Rauschenbusch, and Harry F. Ward 60\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGood Theology and the Social Good: Washington Gladden 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Social Gospel Difference and the Challenge of Darwinism 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManifest Destiny and the Crucible of Race: Fiske, Gladden, and Josiah Strong 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great War and the Social Gospel 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Socialist Kingdom of God: Walter Rauschenbusch 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAsking the Social Question 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Kingdom as Political Theology 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGerman America and the Wider Kingdom 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Social Crisis and the Social Gospel 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Social Gospel Ascending 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristianizing the American Order 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great War and the Social Gospel 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Christianity and Radical Reconstruction: Harry F. Ward 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWard, Reinhold Niebuhr, and the Soviet Spirit 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Lift Every Voice: Reverdy C. Ransom, Jane Addams, and John A. Ryan 146\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBecoming Reverdy C. Ransom 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMainstreaming the Black Social Gospel 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFostering Democratic Citizenship: Jane Addams 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemocracy, Social Ethics, and Pragmatism 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Doctrine in Action: John A. Ryan 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMainstreaming the Catholic Social Gospel 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Christian Realism: Reinhold Niebuhr, H. Richard Niebuhr, John C. Bennett, and Paul Ramsey 226\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBecoming Reinhold Niebuhr 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRejecting Social Gospel Idealism 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eH. Richard Niebuhr, Liberal Religion, and Radical Monotheism 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristian Realism as Socialist Faith 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNiebuhrian Realism, World War II, and the Cold War 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Niebuhrian Method and Legacy 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking Sense of Niebuhrian Realism: John C. Bennett and Paul Ramsey 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New Liberal Consensus? 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Social Christianity as Public Theology: Walter G. Muelder, James Luther Adams, John Courtney Murray, and Dorothy Day 305\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocializing Personalist Theory: Walter G. Muelder 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoral Theory, Culture, and Christian Social Ethics 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersonalism against the Current 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJames Luther Adams and Unitarian Christianity 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRethinking Religious Freedom and Pluralism: John Courtney Murray 334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe American Idea and the Catholic Presence 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Liberationist Disruptions: Martin Luther King Jr, James H. Cone, Mary Daly, and Beverly W. Harrison 390\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartin Luther King Jr and the Beloved Community 391\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJames H. Cone and Black Liberation Theology 396\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond Patriarchal Religion: Mary Daly and the Rebirth of Feminism 411\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristian Feminist Liberation Ethics: Beverly W. Harrison 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Disputing and Expanding the Tradition: Carl F. H. Henry, John Howard Yoder, Stanley Hauerwas, Michael Novak, and Jim Wallis 447\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarl F. H. Henry and the New Evangelicalism 448\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Howard Yoder and the Politics of Jesus 460\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking Christian Pacifism Through: Stanley M. Hauerwas 474\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdeological Americanism: The Neoconservative Reaction 488\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichael Novak and Democratic Capitalism 489\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterrogating Liberation Theology and the Catholic Bishops 503\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProgressive Evangelicalism: Jim Wallis 512\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Dealing with Modernity and Postmodernity: Charles Curran, James M. Gustafson, Gibson Winter, Cornel West, Katie G. Cannon, and Victor Anderson 533\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoral Theology and the Curran Controversy 534\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNaturalistic Theocentrism: James M. Gustafson 544\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElements for a Social Ethic: Gibson Winter 549\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProphetic Public Criticism: Cornel West 563\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomanist Ethics: Katie Geneva Cannon 584\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking Postmodernity Seriously: Victor Anderson 592\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Economy, Sexuality, Ecology, Difference: Max L. Stackhouse, Dennis P. McCann, Lisa Sowle Cahill, Marvin M. Ellison, John B. Cobb, Jr, Larry Rasmussen, Daniel C. Maguire, Sharon Welch, Emilie M. Townes, Ada María Isasi-Díaz, María Pilar Aquino, and David Hollenbach 611\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCapitalist Apologetics as Public Theology: Max Stackhouse and Dennis McCann 612\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRight Ordering and Sexual Difference 616\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLisa Sowle Cahill: Sources, Norms, and Moral Reasoning 618\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarvin M. Ellison: Sexual Justice 621\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDebating Economic Democracy 624\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcology as Political Economics and Theology 626\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEco-Justice for the Sake of Everything: Larry Rasmussen and Daniel C. Maguire 630\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSharon Welch: Toward an Ethic of Risk and Conflict 637\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmilie Townes: Womanism and the Cultural Production of Evil 640\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLatina Feminisms: Ada María Isasi-Díaz and María Pilar Aquino 646\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHuman Rights and Catholic Social Ethics: David Hollenbach 657\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. Borders of Possibility: The Necessity of “Discredited” Social Gospel Ideas 674\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Ethics and Racial Justice 677\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeign Policy Realism and American Empire 680\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic Democracy: The Future of a Discredited Vision 683\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 692\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408391250263,"sku":"9781444337303","price":37.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444337303.jpg?v=1730502729","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/social-ethics-in-the-making-9781444337303","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}