Christian Theology of Public Policy
Title | Christian Theology of Public Policy PDF eBook |
Author | John M. Cobin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Christianity and politics |
ISBN | 9780972975490 |
Loving Nature
Title | Loving Nature PDF eBook |
Author | James A. Nash |
Publisher | |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780687228249 |
The ecological crisis is a serious challenge to Christian theology and ethics because the crisis is rooted partly in flawed convictions about the rights and powers of humankind in relation to the rest of the natural world. James A. Nash argues that Christianity can draw on a rich theological and ethical tradition with which to confront this challenge.
Economics in Christian Perspective
Title | Economics in Christian Perspective PDF eBook |
Author | Victor V. Claar |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | 261 |
Release | 2015-04-21 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830899901 |
Victor Claar and Robin Klay introduce students to the basic principles of economics and then evaluate the principles and issues as seen from a Christian perspective. This textbook places the economic life in the context of Christian discipleship and stewardship. This text is for use in any course needing a survey of the principles of economics.
Theology in the Public Sphere
Title | Theology in the Public Sphere PDF eBook |
Author | Sebastian Kim |
Publisher | SCM Press |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2013-01-03 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0334048508 |
A substantial and definitive introduction to public theology by one of the leading experts in the field.A key text for third year undergraduate modules and MA courses in Social Ethics, Political Theology and Public Theology.
A Theology of Public Life
Title | A Theology of Public Life PDF eBook |
Author | Charles T. Mathewes |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2008-10-14 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780521539906 |
What has Washington to do with Jerusalem? In the raging debates about the relationship between religion and politics, no one has explored the religious benefits and challenges of public engagement for Christian believers - until now. This book defends and details Christian believers' engagement in contemporary pluralistic public life not from the perspective of some neutral 'public', but from the particular perspective of Christian faith, arguing that such engagement enriches both public life and Christian citizens' faith themselves. As such it offers not a 'public theology', but a 'theology of public life', analysing the promise and perils of Christian public engagement, discussing the nature of civic commitment and prophetic critique, and the relation of a loving faith to a liberal politics of justice. Theologically rich, philosophically rigorous, politically, historically and sociologically informed, this book advances contemporary discussion of 'religion and public life' in fundamental ways.
Christianity and Ecological Theology
Title | Christianity and Ecological Theology PDF eBook |
Author | E. M. Conradie |
Publisher | AFRICAN SUN MeDIA |
Pages | 388 |
Release | 2006-10-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1920109234 |
There has been a proliferation of publications in the field of Christian ecological theology over the last three decades or so. These include a number of recent edited volumes, each covering a range of topics and consolidating many of the emerging insights in ecological theology. The call for Christian churches to respond to the environmental crisis has been reiterated numerous times in this vast corpus of literature, also in South Africa.
Christian Justice and Public Policy
Title | Christian Justice and Public Policy PDF eBook |
Author | Duncan B. Forrester |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 1997-08-28 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780521556118 |
Disagreements about justice are not simply academic matters. They create problems for practice and for policy-making. In a morally fragmented society in which 'nobody knows what justice is' issues such as wages policy, punishment and poverty become particularly difficult to handle. People striving to act justly are often uncertain how this might be done. Secular theories such as those of Rowls, Hayek, Habermas and modern feminist theorists, examined here, give some guidance for problems of justice that arise on the ground, but have serious limitations. This book argues that Christian theology, although it can no longer claim to provide a comprehensive theory of justice, can provide insights into justice - 'theological fragments' - which give illumination, challenge some aspects of the conventional wisdom, and contribute to the building of just communities in which people may flourish in mutuality and hope.