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From the earliest interactions of Christians with the Roman Empire to today's debates about the separation of church and state, the Christian churches have been in complex relationships with various economic and political systems for centuries. Renowned theologian Rosemary Radford Ruether analyzes the ways the Christian church has historically interacted with powerful systems such as patriarchy, racism, slavery, and environmentalism, while looking critically at how the church shapes these systems today. With a focus on the United States, Christianity and Social Systems provides an introductory analysis of the interactions between the churches and major systems that have shaped western Christian and post-Christian society. Ruether discusses ideologies, such as liberalism and socialism, and includes three country case studies-Nicaragua, South Africa, and North and South Korea-to further illustrate the profound influences Christianity and social systems have with each other. This book is neither an attack on the relationship between Christianity and these systems, nor an apology, but rather a nuanced examination of the interactions between them. By understanding how these interactions have shaped history, we can more fully understand how to make ethical decisions about the role of Christianity in some of today's most pressing social issues, from economic and class disparities to the environmental crisis.

Christian sociology. --- Social systems. --- Sociology --- System theory --- Christian social theory --- Social theory, Christian --- Sociology, Christian --- Christian sociology --- Social systems --- 241.65 --- 241.65 Theologische ethiek: rechtvaardigheid--(zie ook {330.86}) --- Theologische ethiek: rechtvaardigheid--(zie ook {330.86})

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The threat of ecological collapse is a possibility that is increasingly becoming a reality for the world's populations, both human and nonhuman. Addressing this global challenge will require enormous cultural creativity and demand a diversity of perspectives, especially those that deal with religion and the human sciences. Toward this end, this volume draws from a variety of academic disciplines and positions to explore the role and nature of environmental responsibility, especially where these intersect with religious or theological viewpoints. The disciplines, including history, philosophy, literature, politics, peace studies, economics, women's studies, and the ecological sciences, to name a few, have begun to develop distinct perspectives on the urgent ecological issues of our day, as well as pointing toward specific practices at the local and global level. This volume provides a multidisciplinary point of departure for conversations on environmental responsibility that resist simplistic solutions but rather highlight the complex nature of the ecological issues and provide conversations about potential ways forward in what appears to be an intractable global problem of huge complexity.

241.65*7 --- 241.65*7 Theologische ethiek: natuur; ecologie --- Theologische ethiek: natuur; ecologie --- Ecotheology. --- Nature --- Religious aspects --- Christianity. --- Nature - Religious aspects - Christianity. --- Eco-theology --- Ecology --- Theology --- Human ecology

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Sullivan and Kymlicka seek to provide an alternative to post-9/11 pessimism about the ability of serious ethical dialogue to resolve disagreements and conflict across national, religious, and cultural differences. It begins by acknowledging the gravity of the problem: on our tightly interconnected planet, entire populations look for moral guidance to a variety of religious and cultural traditions, and these often stiffen, rather than soften, opposing moral perceptions. How, then, to set minimal standards for the treatment of persons while developing moral bases for coexistence and cooperation across different ethical traditions? The Globalization of Ethics argues for a tempered optimism in approaching these questions. Its distinguished contributors report on some of the most globally influential traditions of ethical thought in order to identify the resources within each tradition for working toward consensus and accommodation among the ethical traditions that shape the contemporary world.

General ethics --- -241.65*3 --- Ethics --- Globalization --- 241.65*3 --- 241.65*3 Theologische ethiek: internationale rechtvaardigheid --- Theologische ethiek: internationale rechtvaardigheid --- Deontology --- Ethics, Primitive --- Ethology --- Moral philosophy --- Morality --- Morals --- Philosophy, Moral --- Science, Moral --- Philosophy --- Values --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Ethics. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Arts and Humanities --- Globalization - Moral and ethical aspects.

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Despite marked progress in poverty reduction over recent decades, the number of people living in poverty remains unacceptably high. More than 790 million people live in extreme poverty, surviving on less than $1.90 a day. Why is there still so much poverty in the world; how is it measured; and what is being done by way of trade, debt relief and aid to achieve the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere? By contrast, many around the world have never had it so good. Global income and wealth inequality is on the rise: 82% of the wealth generated last year went to the richest 1% of the global population, while the poorest half of the world’s people saw no increase in their wealth. Just eight men own the same wealth as half the world. What are the causes of this staggering inequality, and how can we achieve the UN’s Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries? Using data and analysis from the latest key reports, this book provides an overview of the extremes between wealth and poverty. Can the world afford to let the gap widen any further?

Wealth --- Income distribution --- Poverty --- Equality --- 241.65*5 --- 241.65*1 --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Political science --- Sociology --- Democracy --- Liberty --- Destitution --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Poor --- Subsistence economy --- Distribution of income --- Income inequality --- Inequality of income --- Distribution (Economic theory) --- Disposable income --- Affluence --- Distribution of wealth --- Fortunes --- Riches --- Business --- Economics --- Finance --- Capital --- Money --- Property --- Well-being --- 241.65*1 Theologische ethiek: communicatieve en distributieve rechtvaardigheid --- Theologische ethiek: communicatieve en distributieve rechtvaardigheid --- 241.65*5 Theologische ethiek: private eigendom; diefstal; armoede --- Theologische ethiek: private eigendom; diefstal; armoede --- E-books --- Wealth. --- Income distribution.

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"Justice sociale" est pour tous aujourd'hui le nom d'un malaise et d'une tâche sans fin. Ce problème général, des praticiens l'ont relancé avec insistance durant deux années auprès d'amis engagés dans la recherche et l'enseignement en sciences humaines et morales. Les visées différentes ont fait apparaître d'abord que les solutions proposées et pratiquées au nom d'une doctrine politique ou économique restent de portée fort brève et engendrent ou accroissent souvent un climat de scepticisme, que ne compense pas le courage pourtant réel de l'action. De plus, en posant sérieusement la question de la justice sociale, chacune des disciplines ici concernées se voit obligée de reconnaître son enracinement dans deux évidences : la première, qu'il n'y a pas de limite supérieure à la dépense quand il s'agit d'assurer plus de dignité humaine ; la seconde, qu'il faut que cette dépense soit efficace. Le savoir théorique tend par nature à séparer ces deux évidences en les rationalisant. Par contre, ceux que leur tâche quotidienne voue à promouvoir l'efficacité de la dépense perdent facilement de vue l'invitation dynamique que constitue l'infini de l'égale dignité pour tous. Puissent ces textes en leur inconstestable naïveté amorcer un échange actif entre praticiens et théoriciens.

241.65*2 --- 177.9 --- Theologische ethiek: sociale rechtvaardigheid --- 241.65*2 Theologische ethiek: sociale rechtvaardigheid --- Political Philosophy --- Philosophy of law --- #gsdb5 --- Social ethics --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- Morale sociale catholique --- Sociale ethiek (Katholieke). --- Sociology --- justice sociale --- dignité humaine --- dépense publique --- invitation --- théorie --- pratique