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Ecclesiology and political theory intersect in the rich debate among Christian social ethicists in the United States concerning the public responsibility of the church in a democratic-capitalist culture. This book begins by developing a framework for analyzing a theologian's understanding of the church/world relationship. It also provides a broad account of the liberal philosophical tradition's justification for democratic capitalism. Chapters on Reinhold Niebuhr, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Stanley Hauerwas and Roman Catholic Social Teaching analyze and assess the intersection between their ecclesiologies and their appraisals of liberalism.

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This is a first-rate work, distinctive both for the creative methodology it employs and for its illuminating analyses of Niebuhr, Hauerwas, Ruether, and Roman Catholic social thought. Anyone wanting to understand these figures, or to grapple with the many issues involved in reflecting theologically on American society, should study Professor Penn Hollar's book. (Michael F. Duffy) Professor Hollar's book is the best treatment we have of the interrelationship between religious discourse and liberal social and political theory and practice. His readings of Rosemary Reuther, Reinhold Niebuhr, Hauerwas, and the Catholics are at once fair and critical... The book will produce the kind of critical discussion of these matters that is so deeply needed. (Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University) ...an excellent example of distinctively theological ethics, with attention to the issues of ecclesiology, Christology, sin, eschatology, and their relevance for a Christian moral evaluation of the liberal project. (John A. Coleman, Theological Studies)

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The Author: Barry Penn Hollar is an assistant professor of Religion and Philosophy at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia. He received his Ph.D. in Religious Ethics from the University of Virginia and a Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in Policy Sciences and Public Affairs from Duke University. He is a United Methodist pastor and has served internships with the Ecumenical Movement for Human Rights in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society in Washington, D.C., and former Governor Charles Robb of Virginia.

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