Paul Tillich and Religious Socialism

Towards a Kingdom of Peace and Justice

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

Paul Tillich and Religious Socialism: Towards a Kingdom of Peace and Justice argues that the Kingdom of God—the reign of God over all human affairs via God’s manifestations in love, power, and justice—can be fragmentarily achieved through a religious socialism that creatively integrates the early Tillich’s socialist thinking with later insights throughout Tillich’s theological career and with contemporary developments in just peacemaking. The resulting religious socialism is defined by economic justice and a recognition of the sacred reality in all human endeavors. It employs Christianity to furnish the necessary depth for warding off materialism and affirming the spiritual dimension of both labor and acquiring material goods. The unbridgeable Marxist chasm between expectation and reality is bridged through new being, already historically inaugurated in the Christhood of Jesus. New being is fundamentally oriented toward bringing justice to the poor, the disenfranchised, and the marginalized. It affirms the individual and equal value of all persons and thus, in Kantian terms, promotes a kingdom of intrinsically worthwhile ends rather than a kingdom of instrumentally worthwhile means of things.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-03-19
Mått:162 x 227 x 22 mm
Vikt:490 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:204
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781793605061

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Kirk R. MacGregor is associate professor of philosophy and religion and department chair at McPherson College.

Recensioner i media

During a time in American politics when “socialism” has become a new point of contention, MacGregor’s refurbishment of Tillich’s work reminds readers of the viability of religious socialism for our shared communal life. Not only does MacGregor thoughtfully articulate Tillich’s own relationship to religious socialism in both the German and American context, he updates Tillich’s work to make it applicable to our current context in ways that are faithful to Tillich’s original work. Rather than distance theology from the realm of politics, MacGregor furthers a theo-politics that condemns the idolatries and demonic aspects of our current political landscape while promoting a vision for peacemaking and social justice that are eschatologically oriented. Ultimately, the book asks people of faith to consider alternative forms of political life that foster genuine democracy.

Innehållsförteckning

DedicationAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1.Historical Backdrop to Tillich’s Religious Socialism2.Politics and Ultimate Reality3.The Idolatrous Nature of Political Romanticism4.The Demonic Structure of Capitalism5.The Socialist Principle of Expectation6.Power and Ethics7.Socio-Economic Features of a Religious Socialist Government8.Building a Kingdom of Peace and JusticeConclusionBibliography