Discipleship Between Creation and Redemption: Toward a Believer's Church Social Ethic

by Philip LeMasters

Overview

This provocative study argues that the 'believers' church' should draw on Catholic, Reformed, and Lutheran thought to find a solid basis for Christian political action. The book believes that a 'believers' church' ethic has points of continuity with the quest for social justice in the larger society. Rather than separating discipleship from political life or uncritically baptizing political projects, the believers' church may appeal to natural law as a basis for cooperation with others toward the end of a more just society. The volume draws upon various historical theologians and a variety of contemporary figures to affirm a God-given moral capacity in humans that makes a tolerably just political order possible.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761808596
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	10/16/1997
Pages:	108
Product dimensions:	5.36(w) x 8.44(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Philip LeMasters is Associate Professor of Religion at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas.

Editorial Reviews

...of tremendous value.

Joel J. Heim

This book attempts a grand synthesis in the tradition of Ernst Troeltsch's normative typology of the history of Christian social teachings.

Mennonite Quarterly Review - Chris K. Huebner

This book attempts a grand synthesis in the tradition of Ernst Troeltsch's normative typology of the history of Christian social teachings.
— Chris K. Huebner, Duke University

Mennonite Quarterly Review