Table of Contents

Introduction, Matthew Lon Weaver

Part I: Foundations
Chapter 1: Social Christianity, Niebuhrian Realism, and the Protestant Mainline, Gary Dorrien
Chapter 2: Paul Tillich and the Frankfurt School, Guyton B. Hammond
Chapter 3: Toward a Constructive “Religious Realism”: Robert Bellah and Reinhold Niebuhr, Harlan Stelmach
Chapter 4: Paul Tillich and the Lingering Possibility of Prophetic Activity, Randall K. Bush
Chapter 5: Recent Books about Reinhold Niebuhr and Reflections on His Relevance Today, Charles C. Brown
Chapter 6: Calvin for Today: Breaking Out of the Iron Cage, Matthew Lon Weaver
Chapter 7: The Life and Practice of an Ethicist, Ronald H. Stone

Part II: Economics and Justice
Chapter 8: Cowboys, Indians, and Ethicists: A Conversation Stimulated by Robert Warrior, Carol S. Robb
Chapter 9: Justice, Power, and International Organizations, Randall W. Stone
Chapter 10: Making Global Capitalism More Just by Imposing an International Transaction Tax, John C. Raines
Chapter 11: Responding to “Not in My Backyard” Advocates: A Christian Feminist Justice Approach, Laura Stivers

Part III: Politics, War, and Peacemaking
Chapter 12: Redeeming Democracy: The Continuing Paradox of African-American Faith-Based Politics, Samuel K. Roberts
Chapter 13: The Development and Nature of the Peace Making Idea, Edward LeRoy Long, Jr.
Chapter 14: The Church Reformed and Always Resisting: Ronald H. Stone and Presbyterian Social Witness, Christian T. Iosso
Chapter 15: Vietnam: A Scar on the Soul, Robert L. Stivers
Chapter 16: Drones and Christian Morality, Ronald H. Stone

Afterword, Ronald H. Stone

About the Author

Matthew Lon Weaver is chaplain and chair of the Department of Social, Religious, and Ethical Studies at the Marshall School.

Reviews

Here is a wonderful collection of essays, many by established scholars skillfully addressing both theory and practice, or foundational and applied topics, in Christian social ethics. Furthermore, this volume is a fine tribute to Ronald H. Stone, who served as an inspiration for these appreciative yet critical contributions by colleagues and students from his more than four decades of service to church and society. Applied Christian Ethics: Foundations, Economic Justice, and Politics is a valuable resource for scholars and others interested in current trends and future trajectories in twenty-first century Christian social ethics.
*Tobias Winright, Hubert Mäder Chair of Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University*

Erudite and accessible, Applied Christian Ethics explores various dimensions of Ron Stone’s writings. The essays constructively address theological, ethical, economic, and political questions raised by Stone, cogently engage his interlocutors (principally Niebuhr and Tillich), and creatively apply his ideas to contemporary moral problems.
*Jonathan Rothchild, Loyola Marymount University*