Reconstructing the Common Good
Theology and the Social Order
- Theology
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2008
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Publisher's Description
This landmark study in the history and theory of modern Christian socialism examines the work of such major figures as Rauschenbusch, Tillich, Moltmann, Gutierrez, and Miguez Bonino. Dorrien argues that these theologians provide a singular context for addressing questions of freedom and totalitarianism, sacralization and democratization, individual autonomy and the common good. He focuses on the differing conceptions of the common good that these major theorists have propounded, and explicates as well their theological arguments on the relationship between the Kingdom of God and projects of historical praxis. With a new Preface addressing the tumultuous events in Eastern Europe, Reconstructing the Common Good develops and sustains a forceful argument for the continuing relevance of a decentralized, pluralistic, democratic form of socialism.
Endorsements (2)
“. . . A remarkable achievement. Dorrien's comparative look at the communitarian and democratic strands in religious social thought throughout the twentieth century breaks creative and original ground in religious studies and political theory alike.”
“In the post-Reagan years it is surely time to reconstruct a sound theological basis for dealing with the larger social whoe. . . . An important book.”
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