Paradoxical Virtue: Reinhold Niebuhr and the Virtue Tradition

ISBN-13: 9781032175829 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 268 str.

Kevin Carnahan; David True

Opis

The central thesis of this book is that putting the work of Reinhold Niebuhr and Christian realism in dialogue with contemporary virtue theory is a profitable undertaking.

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Spis treści

Preface; Introduction- Kevin Carnahan; 1 Niebuhr on the Ironies of Virtue and the Virtue of Irony- Charles Mathewes; 2 Hope, Virtue, and Politics in Reinhold Niebuhr’s Works- Robin Lovin; 3 Virtue and the Fragile Christian Realist- Martha ter Kuile; 4 Reinhold Niebuhr: Faith in and Beyond History- Scott Paeth; 5 Deceptive Honesty: Myth and Virtue in Reinhold Niebuhr- Dan Malotky; 6 The Paradoxes of Virtue: Agape in the Work of Reinhold Niebuhr- Mark Douglas; 7 Reinhold Niebuhr and the Virtue of Mutuality- Daniel Morris; 8 The Humble Place of Humility in Reinhold Niebuhr’s Ethics-Jodie Lyon; 9 Choosing Sorrow: Niebuhr, Contrition, and White Catastrophe- Christopher Dowdy; 10 Reinhold Niebuhr, Virtue, and Political Society: A Key To the Christian Character of Prophetic Realism- Ward Holder; 11 A Niebuhrian Virtue of Justice- Kevin Carnahan; 12 Reinhold Niebuhr and Phronesis- David True and Thomas James; 13 Reinhold Niebuhr and the Aesthetics of Political Leadership- Thomas James; 14 The Virtues of the Social Critic-Jeremy Sabella; Contributors

O autorze

Kevin Carnahan is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the Central Methodist University, USA. He is Co-editor of the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics; former President of the Niebuhr Society; author of Reinhold Niebuhr and Paul Ramsey (2010), From Presumption to Prudence in Just-War Rationality (2017), several scholarly articles, and many popular and editorial pieces.

David True is Associate Professor of Religion at Wilson College, USA. He is Co-editor of Political Theology and is author of articles and book chapters on fundamentalism, just war theory, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Martin Luther King, Jr. He has also written for venues such as Religion Dispatches, the Christian Science Monitor, Politico, and Political Theology Today. In addition, he is the Director of Wilson College’s Orr Forum on Religion and The Wilson College Common Hour.