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“john c raines”

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  • Applied Christian Ethics

    Foundations, Economic Justice, and Politics

    by Matthew Lon Weaver, Charles C. Brown, Randall K. Bush, Guyton B. Hammond, Christian T. Iosso, John C. Raines, Carol S. Robb, Samuel K. Roberts, Harlan Stelmach, Laura Stivers0, Randall W. Stone1, Ronald H. Stone2, Robert L. Stivers3, Gary Dorrien4, Edward LeRoy Long Jr.5 ...
    Applied Christian Ethics addresses selected themes in Christian social ethics. The book is divided in three parts. In the first section, “Foundation,” several contributors reveal their Christian realist roots and discuss the prophetic origins and multifarious agenda of social ethics. Thus, the names of Reinhold Niebuhr and Paul Tillich come up frequently. In the second section, “Economics and ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • Resistance and Theological Ethics

    by Frances S. Adeney, Brian K. Blount, F E. Bonkovsky, Robert A. Chesnut, Gordon K. Douglass, Lora M. Gross, Heidi Hadsell, Paul Hertig, Young Lee Hertig, Edward LeRoy Long, Ronald E. Peters, John C. Raines, Laura Stivers, Matthew Lon Weaver, Dana W. Wilbanks, Scott C. Williamson, Mark Douglas ...
    Protestantism, at its best, grounds both its religious and its social critique in the faith of the prophets and the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as understood and lived by the church. Its teachings and desired practice stand in start contrast to complacent religion that seems to be at ease with imperial greed, domination, and violence. Resistance and Theological Ethics collects the edited ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

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  • Faith and Politics After Christendom

    The Church as a Movement for Anarchy

    by Jonathan Bartley ...
    This groundbreaking book examines the anarchic aspects of Jesus' message, and suggests that the demise of the church as pillar of social order gives it a fresh opportunity to exercise its prophetic role - challenging injustice, shaking institutions and undermining some of the central values and norms on which post-Christian society is built. ... Read more

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  • Theonomics

    Reconnecting Economics with Virtue and Integrity

    by Andrew Lightbown, Peter Sills, Richard Backhouse, Nick Bion, Frank Canosa, Keith Croxton, Nick Fane, Alan Hargrave0, Rosie Harper1, Alan Wilson2 ...
    At a time when economics, banking and commerce are never out of the headlines, Theonomics asks if theology is capable of informing, shaping and penetrating all aspects of life, and especially economic life. Theonomics argues for the recovery of the classic virtues of prudence, temperance, fortitude, justice and humility as animators of a lively and Godly economy.Six key principles are offered to ... Read more

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  • Mainstreaming Torture

    Ethical Approaches in the Post-9/11 United States

    by Rebecca Gordon ...
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  • The Evil That Men Do

    Faith, Injustice and the Church

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    At a time when barbarous acts of terrorism are being committed globally and society ponders whether the perpetrators are legitimate religious adherents, Marcus Paul makes an unflinching and counter-cultural examination of some of the worst periods in the Church's history.Were the crusades entirely inexcusable religious wars? Was the Inquisition the bloody and sadistic "Black Legend" of popular ... Read more

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  • Religious Diversity

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    Should we merely celebrate diversity in the sphere of religion? What of the social cohesion of a country? There is a constant tug between belief in religious truth and the need for respect for other religions. Religious Diversity: Philosophical and Political Dimensions examines how far a firm faith can allow for toleration of difference and respect the need for religious freedom. It elucidates the ... Read more

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