Research Catalog

Title

Tragedy, tradition, transformism : the ethics of Paul Ramsey / D. Stephen Long.

Author

Long, D. Stephen, 1960-

Publication

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1993.

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Details

Description

viii, 220 pages; 23 cm

Summary

In this original interpretation and critique of Paul Ramsey's ethical thought, D. Stephen Long traces the development of one of the mid-twentieth century's most important and controversial religious social thinkers. Long examines Ramsey's early liberal idealism as well as later influences on his work, including the just war doctrine, Reinhold Niebuhr's realism, H. Richard Niebuhr's historical relativism, Karl Barth's neo-orthodoxy, and Jacques Maritain's integralism. Long overcomes obstacles confronting any Ramsey scholar - such as a theology that cannot be systematized and the complexities of Ramsey's own writing - and lends sharp insight to the philosophical, theological, and moral issues we face in the twentieth century. Scholars of religious ethics and intellectual thought will find this work essential reading.

Subjects

• Christian ethics > History > 20th century
• Ramsey, Paul

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Theological Idealism. Millsaps Liberalism: "Christianity and War" (1935). "The Use of Destructive Force Is Never Justifiable" (1940). "The Current Christian Anti-Pacifism" (1941). Bound yet Free: "The Nature of Man in the Philosophy of Josiah Royce and Bernard Bosanquet" (1943) -- 2. Theological Realism. Ontology of Tragedy. Love Transforming Natural Law, or On Making the Body, Property Owners, Civil Rights Activists, Lawyers, Magistrates, Soldiers, etc., Barely Endurable. Love Transforming the Body: "Biblical Prologue: A Crochet of Themes" Love Transforming the Property Owner and Civil Rights Worker: Christian Ethics and the Sit-In. Love Transforming the Magistrate and Soldier: War and the Christian Conscience. Love Transforming Natural Law: Nine Modern Moralists -- 3. Protestant Casuist. Casuistry as an Alternative Discourse. Casuistry and Medical Ethics. Casuistry and Narrative. Just War: Casuistry or Ontology of Tragedy? -- 4. Tragedy, Tradition, Transformism. Tragedy. Tradition. Transformism. Theological Prescriptions.

ISBN

• 0813387477
• 9780813387475

LCCN

93029459

OCLC

• ocm28631592
• 28631592
• SCSB-2003589

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library