Contributor
Forell, George W. (George Wolfgang), 1919-2011.
Imprint:Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2013.
Descriptionxiv, 533 p. ; 23 cm.
Note:Includes some primary source material.
Note:Part I. BIBLICAL INFLUENCES. 1. Hebrew Bible -- 2. New Testament.
Note:Part II. THE EARLY CHURCH. 3. Apostolic Fathers : Epistle of Barnabas, XVII-XXI ; First apology of Justin Martyr, 14-17, 27-29 / Justin Martyr ; Against Heresies, Book V, Chapter 24 / Irenaeus -- 4. Tertullian : Apology, Chapters 39-45 / Tertullian ; Spectacles, Chapters 8-10 / Tertullian -- 5. The Alexandrian School :The Instructor, Book I, Chapter XIII / Clement of Alexandria ; The Rich man's salvation / Clement of Alexandria ; Against Celsus, Book VIII, 73-75 / Origen -- 6. Chrysostom : Concerning the statutes, Homily XII, 9, 12-15 / Chrysostom ; Homilies on Matthew, XIX, 6.1 / Chrysostom -- 7. Augustine : Enchiridion, Chapters 9-11 / Augustine ; Enchiridion, Chapters 9-11; 23-26 / Augustine ; City of God XIV, 28; XIX, 17 / Augustine ; Of the morals of the Catholic church, Chapters XV, XXIV, 434, XXVI, and XXVII / Augustine ; A Good marriage, Chapters 3,6,7,10 / Augustine ; Peace and Just War, City of God, Book XV, 4; XIX, 7 / Augustine.
Note:Part III. THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH. 8. Monasticism : The Rule of Saint Benedict ; The Rule of Saint Francis ; Canticle of the Sun / St. Francis -- 9. The Mystics : On love of God / Bernard of Clairvaux ; The Talks of Instruction, Nos. 2,4,5,7,18 / Meister Eckhart ; The Dialogue or a Treatise of divine providence / Catherine of Siena -- 10. Thomas Aquinas : Summa Theologica II [excerpts] / Thomas Aquinas -- 11. The Medieval Papacy : Pope Gregory VII excommunication decree 1076 ; Unam Sanctam 1302 / Pope Boniface VIII.
Note:Part IV. THE REFORMATION. 12. Martin Luther : Treatise on Christian Liberty, 1520 / Martin Luther ; Temporal authority: to what extent it should be obeyed, 1522 / Martin Luther ; Against the robbing and murdering horde of peasants, ca. 1525 / Martin Luther -- 13. John Calvin : Institutes, Books II, III, IV [excerpts] / John Calvin -- 14. The Anabaptists : The Schleitheim Confession of Faith ; Sermon to the princes / Thomas Muntzer ; Reply to false accusations / Menno Simons -- 15. The Jesuit Legacy and Francisco De Suarez : A Treatise on laws and God the lawgiver, Book III, Chapter II / Francisco de Suarez ; Disputation XIII: On Charity, Chapter I / Francisco de Suarez.
Note:Part V. POST-REFORMATION ENGLAND AND AMERICA. 16. The Puritans : An Agreement of the people (1647) / The Levellers [Puritans] ; The Law of freedom in a platform or True magistracy restored (1652) / Gerrard Winstanley -- 17. Roger Williams :The Bloody tenent of persecution (July 15, 1644) / Roger Williams -- 18. The Quakers : Rules of discipline: Society of Friends, Opposition to war, Abolition of slavery [excerpts].
Note:Part VI. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY VOICES. 19. Rationalism : The Reasonableness of Christianity / John Locke ; Upon the love of our neighbor / Joseph Butler -- 20. Pietism : Pia desideria / Philip Jacob Spener ; Scriptural rules [excerpt]/ August Hermann Francke -- 21. John Wesley : The Use of money / John Wesley ; Thoughts upon slavery / John Wesley ; Thoughts on the present scarcity of provisions / John Wesley.
Note:Part VII. NINETEENTH-CENTURY VOICES. 22. Friedrich Schleiermacher : On Christian social ethics / Friedrich Schleiermacher -- 23. Horace Bushnell : Politics under the law of God / Horace Bushnell -- 24. Frederick Denison Maurice : The Kingdom of Christ / Frederick Denison Maurice -- 25. Abolitionists : "Ain't I a woman?" / Sojourner Truth ; The Meaning of July fourth for the Negro / Frederick Douglas -- 26. Albrecht Ritschl : Liberal theology / Albrecht Ritschl.
Note:Part VIII. NINETEENTH- AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING. 27. On Behalf of Workers: Industrial Revolution and the Great Depression : Rerum Novarum, May 15, 1891 / Leo III ; Quadragesimo anno, 1931 / Pope Pius XI -- 28. Pope John XXII and Vatican II : Pacem in terris (1963) / John XXIII ; Gaudium et spes (1965) / Vatican Council II -- 29. United States Catholic Bishops :The Challenge of peace: God's promise and our response (1983) / United States Catholic Bishops ; Economic justice for all (1986) / United States Catholic Bishops.
Note:Part IX. EARLY- TO MID-TWENTIETH-CENTURY VOICES. 30. The Social Gospel : Social redemption / Washington Gladden ; A Theology for the social gospel / Walter Rauschenbusch -- 31. Reinhold Niebuhr : An Interpretation of Christian ethics / Reinhold Niebuhr ; Justice and love / Reinhold Niebuhr ; Christian faith and natural law / Reinhold Niebuhr -- 32. Paul Tillich : The Kingdom of God in history (Systematic Theology, v. 3) / Paul Tillich -- 33. Karl Barth : The Christian community and the civil community (Community, State, and Church) / Karl Barth -- 34. Dietrich Bonhoeffer :The Concrete commandment and the divine mandates (Ethics Letters and Papers From Prison) / Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Note:Part X. TWENTIETH-CENTURY FEMINIST AND WOMANIST ETHICS. 35. Feminist Voices : Sexism and God-talk / Rosemary Radford Ruether ; Feminism and Christian ethics (Freeing Theology: The Essentials of Theology in Feminist Perspective) / Lisa Sowle Cahill ; Making the connections: essays in feminist social ethics / Beverly Wildung Harrison -- 36. Womanist Voices : Katie's canon: womanism and the soul of the black community / Katie Geneva Cannon ; White women's Jesus and Black woman's Christ: feminist Christology and womanist response / Jacquelyn Grant ; Womanist theology: black women's voice / Delores S. Williams.
Note:Part XI. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT. 37. Justice and Liberation : Letter from a Birmingham jail / Martin Luther King, Jr. ; A Black theology of liberation / James H. Cone ; A Theology of liberation: history, politics, and salvation / Gustavo Gutierrez ; The Principle of mercy: taking the crucified people from the cross / Jon Sobrino -- 38. Human Sexuality : Catholic social and sexual teaching: a methodological comparison / Charles Curran ; Life without anchors: sex, exchange and human rights in a postmodern world / Christine Gudorf ; The Lambeth Conference 1998, Resolution I.10 Human sexuality ; World Council of Churches'contributions to the discussions on human sexuality: from Harare to Porto Alegre, Background Document, Geneva 2006 ; Just love: a framework for Christian sexual ethics / Margaret Farley -- 39. Environmental Ethics : Called to Unity (1962) / Joseph Sittler ; Is eco-justice central to Christian faith? (Earth Community, Earth Ethics) / Larry L. Rasmussen ; The Body of God: an ecological theology / Sallie McFague ; Loving nature: ecological integrity and Christian responsibility / James Nash -- 40. Biomedical ethics : Fabricated man / Paul Ramsey ; Morals and medicine / Joseph Fletcher ; How brave a new world: dilemmas in bioethics / Richard A. McCormick ; The contributions of theology to medical ethics / James Gustafson ; Theological and moral reflections on stem cell research / Paul T. Jersild -- 41. Pacifism, Just War, and Terrorism : A Practical Christian pacifism / David A. Hoekema ; Address of Pope John Paul II to the Diplomatic Corps, January 13, 2003 ; Just war against terror / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- 42. The Church in the World and the Ethics of Virtue : The Priestly kingdom: social ethics as Gospel / John Howard Yoder ; A Community of character: toward a constructive Christian social ethic / Stanly Hauerwas ; The Recovery of virtue: the relevance of Aquinas for Christian ethics / Jean Porter -- 43. Trinitarian Theology and Social Ethics : The Trinity and the kingdom / Jurgen Moltmann ; God for us: the Trinity and Christian life / Catherine Mowry LaCugna.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 523-531) and index.
