The Paradoxical Vision
A Public Theology for the Twenty-First Century
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The Paradoxical Vision: A Public Theology for the Twenty-First Century
Robert Benne elaborates a basic theological-–ethical framework for
engaging the Christian
vision with its surrounding public
environment—political, ethical, cultural,
and intellectual. He assesses the nature and
challenge of Christian public policy at the
dawn of the twenty–first century, defines
his paradoxical vision and its legacy in
modern America, and then describes practical
ways in which religious traditions do, in
fact, engage the public environment.
- Publisher Fortress Press
- Format Paperback
- ISBN 9780800627942
- Dimensions 6 x 9
- Pages 256
- Publication Date February 1, 1995
Endorsements
"The Paradoxical Vision is an extraordinarily level-headed and useful book. It provides something that Christians today badly need -- a kind of navigational chart for Christian political thinking, with all of the rocks and shoals, so numerous in present -- day political waters, clearly marked."
--Glenn Tinder
University of Massachusetts, Boston
"This is a good book that had to be written and it is our great fortune that Robert Benne has written it with such scholarly care, engaging lucidity, and persuasive force. The tangled connections between ultimate truth and penultimate questions of the public order are here untangled with great skill and imagination. The Paradoxical Vision is both an admirable summary of 'religion and society' disputes of the last several decades and a bracing proposal for thinking more clearly and acting more intelligently in the years ahead."
--Richard John Neuhaus
Editor in Chief, First Things
"This important volume should be read by all interested in public theology. It includes a superb overview of the growing literature and a fresh account of the recent neoconservative surge that brought Catholics and Evangelicals to the center of public theological debates after decades of liberationist emphasis in the ecumenical churches and seminaries -- all in his clear and persuasive style."
--Max L. Stackhouse
Princeton Theological Seminary
--Glenn Tinder
University of Massachusetts, Boston
"This is a good book that had to be written and it is our great fortune that Robert Benne has written it with such scholarly care, engaging lucidity, and persuasive force. The tangled connections between ultimate truth and penultimate questions of the public order are here untangled with great skill and imagination. The Paradoxical Vision is both an admirable summary of 'religion and society' disputes of the last several decades and a bracing proposal for thinking more clearly and acting more intelligently in the years ahead."
--Richard John Neuhaus
Editor in Chief, First Things
"This important volume should be read by all interested in public theology. It includes a superb overview of the growing literature and a fresh account of the recent neoconservative surge that brought Catholics and Evangelicals to the center of public theological debates after decades of liberationist emphasis in the ecumenical churches and seminaries -- all in his clear and persuasive style."
--Max L. Stackhouse
Princeton Theological Seminary
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I: American Public Theology at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century
1. The Challenge of Public Theology
3. A Contemporary Interpretation
6. Indirect Connections
Bibliography
Index
Part I: American Public Theology at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century
1. The Challenge of Public Theology
- The Meaning of Public Theology
- The Enlightenment Project and the Marginalization of Religion
- The Deconstructing World
- The Decline of Protestant Mainline Public Theology
- The Rise of Catholic and Neoconservative Public Theology
- The Future
3. A Contemporary Interpretation
- In Search of the Vision
- The Paradoxical Vision
- The Lutheran Difference
- American Lutheranism until 1960
- The Lutheran Church in American (LCA)
- The American Lutheran Church (ALC)
- The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
- Assessment of Official Lutheranism
- Reinhold Niebuhr: Christian Realist
- Glenn Tinder: Hesitant Radical
- Richard John Neuhaus: Neoconservative
6. Indirect Connections
- Shaping Heart and Mind: Indirect and Unintentional Influence
- Applying and Embodying the Vision: Indirect and Intentional Influence
- Articulating Corporate Conscience: Direct and Intentional Influence
- Exercising Power: Direct and Intentional Action
Bibliography
Index