God and Globalization: Volume 2: The Spirit and the Modern Authorities (Theology for the 21st Century)

Don S. Browning

ISBN 10: 0567007057 / ISBN 13: 9780567007056

Published by T & T Clark International, 2009

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The promise and the threat of globalization are examined, using the tools of theological ethics to understand and evaluate the social contexts of life at the deepest moral and spiritual levels. Editor(s): Stackhouse, Max L. BIC Classification: HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360. . 2009. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: God and Globalization: Volume 2: The Spirit and the Modern Authorities (Theology for the 21st Century)
• Publisher: T & T Clark International
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567007057
• ISBN 13: 9780567007056
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Globalization is a reality in today's world, and with it comes the universalization of the influence of certain Powers and Authorities. These Authorities--Education, Law, Medicine, Technology--distance people from, and sometimes override the duties of, familial and religious connections and have generated new spheres of loyalty and practice that are touchstones for modern life as a whole. The contributors claim that the Authorities of modernity depend upon spiritual themes and insights. However, they note, these authorities lack a conscious moral rudder because they are not only ignorant of their roots, but because they have often repudiated them, leaving these professions morally and spiritually vacuous. The essayists claim that theological and ethical resources--Christian in root, public in character, and universal in implication--can re-engage these Authorities and offer them guidance. Contributors to the volume include: Richard Osmer (Princeton Theological Seminary); John Witte, Jr. (Emory University); Allen Verhey (Hope College); Ronald Cole-Turner (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary); Jürgen Moltmann (University of Tübingen); and Peter Paris (Princeton Theological Seminary). Max L. Stackhouse is the Stephen Colwell Professor of Christian Ethics at Princeton Theological Seminary and is the author of Christian Social Ethics in a Global Era. Don S. Browning teaches at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago and is the author of Religious Thought and the Modern Psychologies: A Critical Conversation in the Theology of Culture.

About the Authors

Don S. Browning teaches at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago.

Max L. Stackhouse is Rimmer and Ruth de Vries Professor of Reformed Theology and Public Life Emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary and coordinating editor of the God and Globalization series.