Connecting Jesus to Social Justice - Classical Christology and Public Theology

Connecting Jesus to Social Justice argues a doctrinally traditional, orthodox basis for Christian participation in the public sphere on behalf of social justice. The book addresses a situation internal to churches in the U.S. from a Catholic perspective yet not without analogies in other churches and Christian movements. This book is a contributive, as well as distributive, idea of social justice from Catholic social teaching. The chapters take into account discussion on the public sphere and propose a theologically-principled, ecumenical and interreligious public for social justice.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction

1: Public Theology: Some Elements
2: An Illustrative Problem
3: Is It Really a Problem?: Benedict XVI and Social Justice
4: Christological Solution: Two Natures
5: Christological Solution: One Person
6: Public Theology: Interior, Ecumenical, Interreligious

Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Author Biography

About the author

Thomas Hughson, SJ, PhD, is associate professor emeritus of theology at Marquette University. He is the author of The Believer as Citizen: John Courtney Murray in a New Context. Hughson has published many articles in such journals as the Journal of Church and State, Anglican Theological Review, Theological Studies, Ecclesiology, and One in Christ. He had a role in the launching of a society for the study of Anglicanism in the AAR.

Summary

Connecting Jesus to Social Justice argues a doctrinally traditional, orthodox basis for Christian participation in the public sphere on behalf of social justice. The book addresses a situation internal to churches in the U.S. from a Catholic perspective yet not without analogi...

Product details

• Authors: D.thomas Hughson, Rev. Thomas Hughson, Thomas Hughson, Thomas S. J. Hughson, Thomas Hughson S.J.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.10.2013
• EAN: 9781442223950
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-2395-0
• No. of pages: 360
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Religion & politics, Philosophy of religion, Religion and Politics, Social Justice;Social Mission