Preston, Ronald H. Additional Author mixed material bibliography William B.Eerdmans Publishing Company 1994 monographic en English

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This excellent case study in Christian social ethics will likely prove contro versial: although Ronald Preston has spent a long and respected career work- ing within the ecumenical movement, he is severely critical of the work of the World Council of Churches (WCC) during the last decade and scarcely less so of much in Roman Catholic social ethics since Vatican II. Following a preliminary portrait of the WCC for those unfamiliar with its work, Preston gives an illuminating history of its activities in social ethics from its roots in the 1925 Stockholm Conference to the present day, and of the Roman Catholic Church prior to and following Vatican II. Preston then examines responses in Christian social ethics to the collapse of the Soviet Union, to global economic growth, and to technology, humanity, and the environment. He also looks critically at some of the slogans under which the WCC has done its work, at the contending theologies that have gained prominence, and at the whole question of method in Christian social ethics. A final chapter looks to the future in ecumenical social ethics, noting the present stalemate and summarizing the defects in recent documents, but also outlining a new program and the possibility for reform. Preston is a key member of a small group of eminent ethicists that has recently appealed to the WCC to make its social ethics more coherent and consistent. This book explains why It outlines very carefully the develop- ment of the WCC and the stages through which its social ethics have passed. .. A formidable critique." -Methodist Recorder "This book is the contribution of a wise, committed but frustrated supporter of the WCC, urging it to think again... Preston's frustration with ill- thought-out, superficial, and theologically weak contributions needs to be heard." -Church Times RONALD H. PRESTON is professor emeritus of social and pastoral theology, University of Manchester, England. He is the author of Religion and the Per- sistence of Capitalism, Church and Society in the Late Twentieth Century, The Future of Christian Ethics, and Religion and the Ambiguities of Capitalism 241 Pre c0802841252 Transformatio Library Bandung Theological Seminary 241 Pre c E09004103 Non Fiction 241 Pre c 3c887e1b-584b-474b-8fba-6e805b2ba95d.jpg 30580 2014-11-13 16:17:23 2024-11-18 15:24:12 machine generated