God and Caesar: Troeltsch's Social Teaching as Legitimation

ISBN-13: 9781138510395 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 241 str.

Yaacov Oved; Constance L. Benson

Opis

H. Richard Niebuhr's powerful interpretation of Ernst Troeltsch has shaped our view of the man for over seventy years. Troeltsch is one of the most respected and renowned figures in liberal Protestant thought

Spis treści

1: Introduction: The Theologian and the Revolutionary; 2: Troeltsch’s “Social Problem”: Revolutionary Movements in Imperial Germany; 3: “Blood and Iron”: The Military-Industrial Complex; 4: The Professors: Guardians of the Citadel; 5: “Catechism, Bayonet, and Scepter”: The Protestant Churches and the State; 6: The Challenge of Social Democracy; 7: “Thy Kingdom Come! Thy Will be Done on Earth!” The Challenge of Christian Socialism; 8: A Quest for the Historical Troeltsch; 9: On Earth as It is in Hell; 10: Troeltsch’s “Political Ethics and Christianity”: The Case for Hierarchy 1; 11: Karl Kautsky’s Social History of Christianity: The Communitarian Church; 12: Troeltsch’s Social Teaching: The Legitimation of Social Inequality; 13: God and Caesar; 14: Conclusion: Religious and Social Transformation

O autorze

Constance L. Benson