Passion for Justice: Retrieving the Legacies of Walter Rauschenbusch, John A. Ryan, and Reinhold Niebuhr (Signed First Edition)

Beckley, Harlan

ISBN 10: 0664219446 / ISBN 13: 9780664219444

Published by Westminster/John Knox Press, 1992

About this Item

Inscribed First Edition, First Printing this history of ideas that explores the ideas of three leaders in the movement to integrate ideas of Christian ethics and social justice the 20th century -- Walter Rauschenbusch, John A. Ryan and Reinhold Niebuhr. Inscribed by Harlan Beckley to a previous owner on the front endpaper. 391 pages, brown leatherette. The dust jacket has fading on the spine, otherwise minimal sign of previous use.

Seller Inventory # 012031

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Passion for Justice: Retrieving the Legacies of Walter Rauschenbusch, John A. Ryan, and Reinhold Niebuhr (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Westminster/John Knox Press
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0664219446
• ISBN 13: 9780664219444
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

This is an excellent book about theology, ethics, and public policy as reflected in the thought and lives of Walter Rauschenbusch, John A. Ryan, and Reinhold Niebuhr - three individuals who have had great impact on Christian thinking about justice. Harlan Beckley shows how each man's conception of justice was informed by and cohered with his theology. This book is the most thorough study of the theory of justice in the work of these important social thinkers.

About the Author

Harlan Beckley is Professor of Religion, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia.