{"product_id":"the-ethics-of-community-isbn-9780631216834","title":"The Ethics of Community","description":"In this important and timely study, Frank Kirkpatrick draws on theology, political philosophy and the social sciences more generally to develop a Christian ethic of community.  Introduction. \u003cp\u003e1. Moral and Scriptural Foundations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScripture and the Ethics of Community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScripture and Community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Historical Experiments in Community: Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunity in the Monastic Tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMedieval Society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic Ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCalvin and Geneva.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnabaptists and Community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Historical Experiments in Community: America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Puritans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe American Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Creation of the American Republic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Madison to Communalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Social Gospel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReinhold Niebuhr.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Struggle Between Individualism and Community in America Today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Building A Philosophy of Community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Macmurray and the Philosophy of Community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Political Philosophies of Society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Private to Public.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical Philosophies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Community and Society: Difference and Engagement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Theology of Difference.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Theology of Engagement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunity for Society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSociety for Community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Turning Inward to Community: The Family and The Danger of Too Much Community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Family as Community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDangers of Too Much Community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Working Outward From Community: Economic Justice and International Order.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Good and Just Society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ethics of Economic Justice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe International Order.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"In the \u003ci\u003eEthics of Community\u003c\/i\u003e, Frank Kirkpatrick has written a scholarly dissertation on the roots of the idea of community and state in Biblical and secular thought. I am grateful to Dr. Kirkpatrick for this book, which raises all the right questions.\" \u003ci\u003eGood News, The Newspaper of the Epis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ecopal Diocese of Connecticut\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c!--end--\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a work of theological ethics, but one informed by philosophy and conversant with Western history...This is a scholarly book, written on a theoretical level and in an abstract style for fellow scholars. It is appropriate for research libraries in the fields of theology, philosophy, and history.\" \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I can see this book being used not only by students in the academy, but also by congregational communities such as the author defines. In this way the ethics of community will spread from the classroom into the church community, and through both hopefully into all of society.\" \u003ci\u003eReviews in Religion and Theology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Kirkpatrick's chief strength is an understanding of the teleology that is specific to the church and how it informs the way church and society interact.\" \u003ci\u003eJournal of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrank G. Kirkpatrick\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Religion at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. He is the co-editor of the series 'Blackwell Religious Ethics' and is author of many books and articles, including \u003ci\u003eLiving Issues in Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (with Richard Nolan), \u003ci\u003eCommunity: A Trinity of Models, Together Bound: God, History, and the Religious Community,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTo Gather the Nations: A Christian Ethic of Flourishing and Justice in a Postmodern Age.\u003c\/i\u003e  We live today in a world dominated by large political, economic and social institutions; yet we long for the intimacy of smaller, more directly personal communities. This tension between 'individualism' and 'fellowship' is central to communitarian ethics.  \u003cp\u003eFrank Kirkpatrick's important and timely study sets out to identify a Christian ethic of community which accounts for the whole range of forms of human association, exploring the significant differences between them. He argues that a realistic Christian ethic of community must address the relationship between the religious aspiration for community and the political necessity for society. Drawing on theology, political philosophy and the social sciences generally, Kirkpatrick develops a 'philosophy of the personal' which can guide us towards understanding what a good society and a fulfilling community ought to be and which might ultimately help us to achieve a greater sense of personal meaning and fulfilment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990221897957,"sku":"NP9780631216834","price":44.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631216834.jpg?v=1761786964","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-ethics-of-community-isbn-9780631216834","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}