The Future of Christian Realism
International Conflict, Political Decay, and the Crisis of Democracy
- Hardcover
424 pages
- Release Date
7 April 2023
Summary
In the world’s most developed democracies, anxiety about the future of democracy is palpable. The tension between moral aspiration and moral despair has reached a point of crisis. Christian realism arose during a similar time of crisis, when Reinhold Niebuhr used the insights of the Christian tradition to interpret the clash between democracy and totalitarianism.
Beginning with Robin Lovin’s account of Christian realism as a nuanced blend of theological, moral, and political realisms,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781666923995 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1666923990 |
| Author: | Dallas Gingles, Joshua Mauldin, Rebekah L. Miles, Nigel Biggar, John P. Burgess, Kevin Carnahan, Gary Dorrien, William P. George, Eric Gregory |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 424 |
| Release Date: | 7 April 2023 |
| Weight: | 708g |
| Dimensions: | 237mm x 157mm x 29mm |
| Series: | Faith and Politics: Political Theology in a New Key |
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Critics Review
The Future of Christian Realism achieves two worthy goals. First, it is a careful and thorough explication of the current status of Christian realism. This book, both by content and authors, shows its global reach as well its ability to address ‘new realities.’ Second, it is a celebration of its leading theological advocate, Robin Lovin. Certain terms emerge that explain him and his work well: judicious, non-defensive, charitable, and generous are just a few. Under Lovin’s thoughtful guidance, Christian realism still has much to teach us, making this work essential reading for anyone concerned with Christian ethics. – D. Stephen Long, Southern Methodist UniversityFinally! a volume of essays on Christian realism that honours Robin Lovin whilst integrating doctrinal questions about human nature and human destiny with newly complex questions of global political dysfunction, international law, economics, and climate change. The authors all (albeit variously) double pivot away from utopian idealism and cynical despair - which produces an unusually coherent proposal for the future of this tradition of scholarship. – Esther D. Reed, University of Exeter, UK
About The Author
Dallas Gingles
Dallas Gingles is director of the Houston-Galveston extension program and Perkins Fellow in Systematic Theology at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University.
Joshua Mauldin is associate director of the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, New Jersey and incoming president of the Niebuhr Society.
Rebekah L. Miles is Susanna Wesley Professor of Ethics and Practical Theology at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University and outgoing president of the Niebuhr Society.
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