| Discipleship Between Creation and Redemption: Toward a Believer's Church Social Ethic Contributor(s): Lemasters, Philip (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761808582 ISBN-13: 9780761808589 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $79.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Ethics |
| Dewey: 241.040 |
| LCCN: 97027214 |
| Physical Information: 108 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This provocative study argues that the 'believers' church' should draw on Catholic, Reformed, and Lutheran thought to find a solid basis for Christian political action. The book believes that a 'believers' church' ethic has points of continuity with the quest for social justice in the larger society. Rather than separating discipleship from political life or uncritically baptizing political projects, the believers' church may appeal to natural law as a basis for cooperation with others toward the end of a more just society. The volume draws upon various historical theologians and a variety of contemporary figures to affirm a God-given moral capacity in humans that makes a tolerably just political order possible. |