Christian Ethics as Witness

David Haddorff is Associate Professor of Theology and Ethics at St. John's University, New York. His previous works include Dependence and Freedom: The Moral Thought of Horace Bushnell and a lengthy introduction on Barth's political theology in the reprint of State, Community, and Church (Wipf and Stock).

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroductionPart One. Ethics and Barth's Witness: Theology and Practice1. Theological Ethics in Transition2. Barth's Early Ethics and the Trinitarian Other3. Barth's Social Ethics: Witness in Tumultuous TimesPart Two. Postmodernity and a World at Risk4. Social Theory and Postmodernity5. From Modern to Postmodern EthicsPart Three. Witness and Barth's Ethics: Toward Contemporary Understanding6. Witness and the Word of God7. Witness and Christian Moral Judgment8. Witness and the Powers9. Witness and Public Ethics: Options in Christian EthicsPart Four. Christian Ethics as Witness: Political, Economic, and Environmental10. Witness and Christian Responsibility11. Political Witness: For Faith and Peace12. Economic Witness: For Love and Justice13. Environmental Witness: For Hope and FreedomBibliographyIndex

David Haddorff (...) constructively applies the basic proposals of Barth's ethics to some of the major global problems of the day: globalization, nationalism, militarism, ecological disaster, economic injustice, and so on. (...) The reader should be impressed by the breadth and depth of Haddorff's critical and constructive handling of his primary texts.