C. Melissa Snarr is Assistant Professor of Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Divinity School and Graduate Division of Religion

The main strength of C. Melissa Snarr's book Social Selves and Political Reform is her focus on the social self. By focusing on this underutilized concept within ethical theory, Snarr is able to steer clear of any false dichotomy between the individual and the community - the self is always already a social being that cannot be understood atomistcally (as a self-sufficient individual) nor as a component of a larger sociological entity. As a result, her analysis gains a significant social complexity that is often overlooked by other liberal political theorists...Social Selves and Political Reform is a wonderful resource to establish some very clear parameters with regard to politico-ethical anthropologies. It is clear, insightful, and a great starting pint for any budding ethicist.

• Chapter 1: Politics and Christianizing the Social Self; Chapter 2: Walter Rauschenbusch and Organizing the Social; Chapter 3: Reinhold Niebuhr and Social Anxiety; Chapter 4: Stanley Hauerwas and the Church Social; Chapter 5: Beverly Harrison and Radical Sociality; Chapter 6: Emilie Townes and the Socially Resilient Self; Chapter 7: Socializing Christian Political Ethics.

C. Melissa Snarr is Assistant Professor of Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Divinity School and Graduate Division of Religion

The main strength of C. Melissa Snarr's book Social Selves and Political Reform is her focus on the social self. By focusing on this underutilized concept within ethical theory, Snarr is able to steer clear of any false dichotomy between the individual and the community - the self is always already a social being that cannot be understood atomistcally (as a self-sufficient individual) nor as a component of a larger sociological entity. As a result, her analysis gains a significant social complexity that is often overlooked by other liberal political theorists...Social Selves and Political Reform is a wonderful resource to establish some very clear parameters with regard to politico-ethical anthropologies. It is clear, insightful, and a great starting pint for any budding ethicist.

• Chapter 1: Politics and Christianizing the Social Self; Chapter 2: Walter Rauschenbusch and Organizing the Social; Chapter 3: Reinhold Niebuhr and Social Anxiety; Chapter 4: Stanley Hauerwas and the Church Social; Chapter 5: Beverly Harrison and Radical Sociality; Chapter 6: Emilie Townes and the Socially Resilient Self; Chapter 7: Socializing Christian Political Ethics.

C. Melissa Snarr is Assistant Professor of Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Divinity School and Graduate Division of Religion

The main strength of C. Melissa Snarr's book Social Selves and Political Reform is her focus on the social self. By focusing on this underutilized concept within ethical theory, Snarr is able to steer clear of any false dichotomy between the individual and the community - the self is always already a social being that cannot be understood atomistcally (as a self-sufficient individual) nor as a component of a larger sociological entity. As a result, her analysis gains a significant social complexity that is often overlooked by other liberal political theorists...Social Selves and Political Reform is a wonderful resource to establish some very clear parameters with regard to politico-ethical anthropologies. It is clear, insightful, and a great starting pint for any budding ethicist.

• Chapter 1: Politics and Christianizing the Social Self; Chapter 2: Walter Rauschenbusch and Organizing the Social; Chapter 3: Reinhold Niebuhr and Social Anxiety; Chapter 4: Stanley Hauerwas and the Church Social; Chapter 5: Beverly Harrison and Radical Sociality; Chapter 6: Emilie Townes and the Socially Resilient Self; Chapter 7: Socializing Christian Political Ethics.