"God and Globalization: The Spirit and the Modern Authorities offers a timely exploration of the religious and ethical dimensions of significant transformations occurring in such key areas as education, medicine, law, science, and technology as a result of globalization. The essays collected here eloquently suggest the importance of theological and ethical analysis, as we advance knowledge and seek to improve the human condition in an ever faster changing world."--Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J.

- Leo J. O'Donovan, S. J., Blurb from reviewer

God and Globalization represents a notable series and offers an excellent opportunity of Christian theologians and scholars of religion alike to engage in conversation, listen, and respond critically one to another. By making this meeting possible, we remain Professor Max L. Stackhouse (the main editor of the series) in great debt." -Archaevs Journal

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"The second volume of God and Globalization: The Spirit and the Modern Authorities offers a timely exploration of the religious and ethical dimensions of significant transformations occurring in such key areas as education, medicine, law, science, and technology as a result of globalization. The essays collected here eloquently suggest the importance of theological and ethical analysis, as we advance knowledge and seek to improve the human condition in an ever faster changing world."--Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J., President, Georgetown University

- Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J., Blurb from reviewer

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"A project of this magnitude and scope has broad interdisciplinary appeal. These volumes could easily serve as texts for an introductory course in theological ethics or as a resource for clergy in helping faith communities decipher their mission in our ever-changing world. The strength of these two volumes is their ability to integrate many perspectives, not only from the various academic disciplines, but from a diversity of ethnic, cultural, and religious backgrounds. This valuable series of books, by interjecting complex interdisciplinary analyses of globalization that are rooted in people's deepest moral and religious commitments, promises a genuinely public theology and global ethic that respects a plurality of perspectives without surrendering to radical pluralism."-- Rubén Rosario Rodriguez,Princeton Theological Seminary, Koinonia Vol. XIII.2, Fall 2001

- Rubén Rosario Rodriguez, Koinonia Journal

"...a scholarly book that will reward the serious reader...provocative, delivering the volume's thesis elegantly and concretely. Publishers Weekly, December 11, 2000

Publishers Weekly

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.
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Contributors
Introduction
The Teaching Ministry in a Multicultural World - Richard Osmer
The Spirit of the Laws, the Laws of the Spirit: Religion and Human Rights in a New Global Era - John Witte, Jr.
The Spirit of God and the Spirit of Medicine: The Church, Globalization, and a Mission of Health Care - Allen Verhey
Science, Technology, and the Mission of Theology in a New Century - Ronald Cole-Turner
The Destruction and Healing of the Earth: Ecology and Theology - Jurgen Moltmann
Moral Exemplars in Global Community - Peter J. Paris
Selected Bibliography
Index
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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.
The current worldwide economic conditions provide a welcome setting for this title.

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ISBN
9780567007056
Publisert
2009-05-15
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; T.& T.Clark Ltd
Vekt
304 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
260

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Om bidragsyterne

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