Barbara Hilkert Andolsen

Beyond Apathy

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Vasko makes a strong contribution to the very important, growing scholarly discussion about the moral obligations of persons who are socially privileged by virtue of gender, sex, or race. In addition to her skillful consideration of willful moral blindness about white racism or heterosexism, the book investigates other abuses, such as cyberbullying. The author's adept reading of the biblical story of Jesus and the Syro-Phoenician woman is a worthy example of the careful use of the Scriptures in Christian ethics. This is a valuable book for a broad Christian readership. Vasko's thoughts about Christian concepts—such as lament, sin and grace, divine impassibility, or solidarity and salvation—are uniquely useful ideas allowing Christians more clearly to perceive the bystander passivity of the privileged and to recognize the moral responsibilities of socially powerful Christians.”