Covenant and Communication

A Christian Moral Conversation with JYrgen Habermas

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

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In dialogue with Jürgen Habermas's communicative ethics, Covenant and Communication constructively explores a covenantal-communicative model of Christian ethics. Hak Joon Lee analyzes themes of freedom, equality, and reciprocity in Habermas's theory of communication from the perspective of Reformed Christian doctrines of covenant and the Trinity. This reconstruction of Christian ethics based upon communicative rationality has profound implications for the reinterpretation of Christianity and its relationship with liberal political institutions. It offers fresh perspectives on important Christian theological concepts, such as divine economy, church, communion, conscience, law and gospel, and the social sphere. A communicative ethics rooted in a rich Christian spiritual tradition provides new energies for the kind of revitalization of democracy and human rights advocated by Habermas against the colonizing power of money and bureaucracy. This work tests its plausibility in dialogue with contemporary theories of Christian ethics, such as narrative ethics, Catholic human rights theory, and liberation ethics.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2006-03-02
Mått152 x 227 x 19 mm
Vikt376 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor250
FörlagUniversity Press of America
ISBN9780761833734

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Part 1 ForewordPart 2 PrefacePart 3 Introduction: Christian Public Engagement in a Global SocietyChapter 4 Chapter 1: Jürgen Habermas's Communicative EthicsChapter 5 Chapter 2: Covenantal Theology and Communicative EthicsChapter 6 Chapter 3: The Trinity and Communicative EthicsChapter 7 Chapter 4: Covenantal-Communicative EthicsChapter 8 Chapter 5: Covenantal-Communicative Ethics in ConversationPart 9 ConclusionPart 10 BibliographyPart 11 About the Author

This important book is a gift to those who have sensed the potential of Jürgen Habermas's 'communicative ethics' for Christian thought. Hak Joon Lee explores the limitations of Habermas's theory, especially with its seemingly out-of-hand dismissal of religious insights … [and] makes a persuasive case for an enriched 'Habermasianism'. . . incorporated into a larger framework that takes with utmost seriousness theological perspectives on covenant and the Trinity.