Economy, Difference, Empire: Social Ethics for Social Justice

by Gary J. Dorrien

Book Overview

Sourcing the major traditions of progressive Christian social ethics--social gospel liberalism, Niebuhrian realism, and liberation theology--Gary Dorrien argues for the social-ethical necessity of social justice politics. In carefully reasoned essays, he focuses on three subjects: the ethics and politics of economic justice, racial and gender justice, and antimilitarism, making a constructive case for economic democracy, along with a liberationist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231149840
• ISBN13: 9780231149846
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"