The Niebuhrian Legacy and the Idea of Responsibility
Reinhold and H. Richard Niebuhr developed different stances in theological ethics as well as contrasting interpretations of important circumstances and events. Despite their differences, however, when it came to the idea of responsibility, they shared a fundamental insight about the situated charact...
| Published in: | Studies in Christian ethics |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2009
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Studies in Christian ethics
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| Further subjects: | B
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B Realism B H. Richard Niebuhr B Christian realism B Responsibility B Reinhold Niebuhr |
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| Summary: | Reinhold and H. Richard Niebuhr developed different stances in theological ethics as well as contrasting interpretations of important circumstances and events. Despite their differences, however, when it came to the idea of responsibility, they shared a fundamental insight about the situated character of human agency. Their insight points to a substantial if also flexible Niebuhrian legacy in theological ethics, and promising and problematic features of this legacy have continued to engage the critical and constructive energies of diverse thinkers, including James M. Gustafson, Gordon D. Kaufman, Robin W. Lovin, and William Schweiker. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946809340943 |