TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ruether,Rosemary Radford
TI  - Christianity and social systems: historical constructions and ethical challenges 
SN  - 9780742565548
AV  - BT738 
U1  - 261.8 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield
KW  - Christian sociology
KW  - Social systems
KW  - Systèmes sociaux
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christianity
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Christian Life
KW  - Social Issues
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-280) and index; Social systems : orders of creation or demonic powers? -- Models of church and state : historical and theological -- Patriarchy as a social system -- Modernizing patriarchy : women, children, and slaves -- Anti-Semitism, European nationalism, and Zionism -- Racism in the United States : white, black, red, brown, and yellow -- Social ideologies : sexism, slavery, and racism -- Political-economic ideologies : liberalism, socialism, and fascism -- Economic class in the United States -- European colonialism, 1492-1965 -- The global economy : neocolonialism and neoliberalism -- U.S. and global militarism -- Nicaragua in the Caribbean and Central American context -- The two Koreas : divergent systems, hope for reunification? -- South Africa : constructing and deconstructing apartheid -- Ecology : the context for all social systems -- Social systems and the church's mission; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - 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 system for centuries. Renowned theologian Rosemary Radford Ruether analyzes the ways Christian churches historically interacted with powerful systems such as patriarchy, racism, slavery and environmentalism, while looking critically at how the church shapes these systems today. This book is neither an attack on the relationship between Christianity and these systems nor an apology bur 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
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