In the World, But Not of the World: Christian Social Thinking at the End of the Twentieth CenturyLexington Books, 2000 - 267 páginas In the World, But Not of the World explores the threefold tension among Alasdair MacIntyre's prognosis for Western society; the desires of some for a social transformation with a Christian moral vision at the sacred centre; and a "baptist" understanding of Christianity as essentially voluntary, non-sacralist discipleship. Andrew Fitz-Gibbon uses five contemporary Christian social thinkers, from different traditions, as conversation partners. Through his examination of these thinkers, Fitz-Gibbon explores how the church may continue to truthfully narrate the Christian story in the midst of the moral tensions of late-capitalist Western society. His creative conclusion is that the church at the beginning of the twenty-first century can move toward a resolution of the central tension of "being in the world, but not of the world" through a synthesis of the believers' church tradition and an affirmation of communitarian liberal democracy. |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE CONTINUING SAGA OF CHRISTIAN SOCIAL THINKING | 7 |
CHRISTIAN SOCIAL THEORY AND THE TELLING OF STORIES | 43 |
A TRUTHFUL TALE OF MESSIANIC COMMUNITY | 63 |
A RETELLING OF PROTESTANT NEOORTHODOXY | 97 |
A MAGISTERIAL STORY OF POLISH CATHOLICISM POPE JOHN PAUL II | 127 |
CREATING A NARRATIVE FOR AMERICAN POPULAR CONSERVATISM | 159 |
A NARRATION OF THE CATHOLIC WHIG TRADITION MICHAEL NOVAK | 187 |
TOWARD A RESOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL TENSION OF CHRISTIAN SOCIAL THINKING | 219 |
THESIS DIAGRAMMATICALLY DISPLAYED | 229 |
THREEFOLD TENSION OF THE STUDY | 231 |
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR | |
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