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Confusions in Christian Social Ethics
Ronald H. Preston
其他書名
Problems for Geneva and Rome
出版W.B. Eerdmans Pub., 1995
主題Religion / Christianity / CatholicReligion / Christianity / HistoryReligion / Institutions & OrganizationsReligion / Christian Theology / EthicsSocial Science / Sociology of Religion
ISBN08028412529780802841254
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=lnpmQgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This excellent case study in Christian social ethics will likely prove controversial: although Ronald Preston has spent a long and respected career working within the ecumenical movement, he is severely critical of the work of the World Council of Churches (WCC) during the last decade and scarcely less so of much in Roman Catholic social ethics since Vatican II. Following a preliminary portrait of the WCC for those unfamiliar with its work, Preston gives an illuminating history of its activities in social ethics from its roots in the 1925 Stockholm Conference to the present day, and of the Roman Catholic Church prior to and following Vatican II. Preston then examines responses in Christian social ethics to the collapse of the Soviet Union, to global economic growth, and to technology, humanity, and the environment. He also looks critically at some of the slogans under which the WCC has done its work, at the contending theologies that have gained prominence, and at the whole question of method in Christian social ethics. A final chapter looks to the future in ecumenical social ethics, noting the present stalemate and summarizing the defects in recent documents, but also outlining a new program and the possibility for reform.