Scandalous Obligation: Rethinking Christian Responsibility

Eric R. Severson

ISBN 10: 0834126125 / ISBN 13: 9780834126121

Published by Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City (edition ), 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Scandalous Obligation: Rethinking Christian Responsibility
• Publisher: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City (edition )
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0834126125
• ISBN 13: 9780834126121
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

Responsibility is routinely overlooked, manipulated, and oversimplified. In Scandalous Obligation, Eric Severson explores the scope of Christian responsibility. This book delves into the slippery nature of obligation, the dilemma of competing calls for justice, and the perilous temptation to dismiss or avoid responsibility. Using examples from popular culture Severson casts an expansive and often daunting vision of responsibility that challenges the status quo.This book presses readers to consider the many complications that arise when Christians begin to understand the extent of their responsibility for the suffering that abounds in the world. It explores how Christians are to turn this approach to responsibility toward the clouds of injustice and pain that hang over our world today.

About the Author

Eric R. Severson is a philosopher specializing in the work of Emmanuel Levinas.  He is author of the books Levinas's Philosophy of Time (Duquesne University Press, 2013) and Scandalous Obligation (Beacon Hill Press, 2011), and editor of several other works. He teaches philosophy at Seattle University.