Add BookmarkChurch, State and Public Justice: Five Views
What is the mission of the church? What is the purpose of human government? How ought they to be related to each other? How should social injustice be redressed?
The five noted contributors to this volume answer these questions from within their distinctive Christian theological traditions, as well as responding to the other four positions. Through the presentations and ensuing dialogue we come to see more clearly what the differences are, where their positions overlap and why they diver... (show more)
What is the mission of the church? What is the purpose of human government? How ought they to be related to each other? How should social injustice be redressed?
The five noted contributors to this volume answer these questions from within their distinctive Christian theological traditions, as well as responding to the other four positions. Through the presentations and ensuing dialogue we come to see more clearly what the differences are, where their positions overlap and why they diverge. The contributors and the positions taken include:
Clarke E. Cochran: A Catholic Perspective
Derek H. Davis: A Classical Baptist Perspective
Ronald J. Sider: An Evangelical Anabaptist Perspective
Corwin E. Smidt: A Reformed Principled Pluralist Perspective
J. Philip Wogaman: A Mainline Protestant Perspective
This book will be instructive for anyone seeking to grasp the major Christian alternatives and desiring to pursue a faithful corporate and individual response to the social issues that face us.
Market/AudienceStudentsStudents and professors of theologyPastorsThoughtful laypeopleChristians in politics
Features and BenefitsOffers clear and concise presentations of the major alternatives, by recognized representativesProvides the argument for each position and assists in comparing and contrasting them by including the accompanying responses of each of the other essayists (show less)
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What I especially liked about this book is the levelheadedness of the authors and the fairness of their mutual criticisms. Left to our own cliques, it's easy to reductively caricature traditions different than our own and chuck our pluralist commitments. I certainly put down the book with more favorable opinions of all of the authors' respective traditions. While limning outlines helpful for further study, these introductory essays are (mostly) first-rate, careful to anticipate and preempt... (show more)
What I especially liked about this book is the levelheadedness of the authors and the fairness of their mutual criticisms. Left to our own cliques, it's easy to reductively caricature traditions different than our own and chuck our pluralist commitments. I certainly put down the book with more favorable opinions of all of the authors' respective traditions. While limning outlines helpful for further study, these introductory essays are (mostly) first-rate, careful to anticipate and preempt criticisms and objections as they communicate their unique witnesses to the world. (show less)
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Excellent book for understanding the Free Exercise clause, with explanations given from five different perspectives. Special attention is paid to the Charitable Choice Amendment and Bush's Faith-Baised Initiative.
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