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Moral Creed for All Christians

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ISBN-10: 0800637615

ISBN-13: 9780800637613

Edition: 2005

Authors: Daniel C. Maguire

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Widely heralded for his bold and prophetic ethical thought, Maguire urges that Christianity's real relevance for the renewal of American public life lies not in the myopic morality of the Christian Right nor in any particular program of the Left but in the enduring relevance of Jesus and biblical Christianity. His new work builds on his earlier volume, The Moral Core of Judaism and Christianity, with the benefit of a new generation of social studies of the New Testament and a keen appreciation for the radically changed situation Christians confront today. Daniel C. Maguire is Professor of Ethics at Marquette University, a past president of the Society of Christian Ethics, and president of…    
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Book details

List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: 1517 Media
Publication date: 7/26/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.30" wide x 8.90" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Preface
A Christian Moral Creed
The Empire/Servility Syndrome
Empire as Original Sin
Empire
Jesus, Assassinated by Empire
The Subversive Jesus
The Masks of Empire
Servility, the Underwriter of Empire
Empire U.S.A.
The Art of Servility Maintenance
Nations as Gods
Pontiffs and Ayatollahs
Hope
How to Read the Bible
Description
Prescription
Criteria
Symbols
Respect
Interpretation
Re-imagining the World
Jesus: Realist or Dreamy Idealist?
Smashing Contentment
Spotted Leopards
The Story of a Symbol
Earth versus Us
Utopia with Details
Present and Future
Justice Bible-Style
The Primacy of Justice
Peace as the Payload of Justice
So What Is This Tsedaqah? Translating the Untranslatable
An Exercise in Contrast
Bias versus Bias
Identifying the Poor
The Jesus Morement and the Poor
The Sacramental Status of the Poor
The Poor Rich
Redistribution: The Sabbath and the Jubilee
The Symbols of Justice
Owning, Needing, and Rights
The Privacy of Property
Inconsistency as Saving Grace
Property with a Conscience
Justice, Government, and Planning
Prophets: The Connoisseurs of Tsedaqah
Prophetic Midwifery
Prophecy as Antidote
A Revolution in Affect
A Hopeless Task?
Prophetic Anger
The Eight Marks of Prophecy
Streams of Prophecy
If You Want Peace, Build It
Early Israel's Demurral
From the God of Battles to the God of Peace
Peace in the Jesus Movement
The Realistic Visionaries
The Superpower Fiction
Pacifism versus Passive-ism
Peace: How Ideals Die...and Can Be Reborn
Onward, Christian Soldiers
Common Sense and Recovering Ideals
How to Appeal to Conservatives
Truth and the Tincture of the Will
Hard Truth
Heart Truth
Elements of a Philosophy of Truth
The Tincture of the Will
Fear of Flying
The Vital Promise
When Freedom Is a Virtue
The Dimensions of Freedom
Biblical Freedom
Tempering Power
Freedom from Religious Power
Freedom from Class
Freedom for and from Work
Hope versus the Cringe
Moral Futurism
The Nature of Hope
Surprises Feed Hope
Theism as Medium or Message
Exploring Love
Rescuing Love
Hope for Love?
Centering in on Love
Challenging Narcissus
Hospitality
Narcissus Matures
Love as Action
From Love to Murder
The Justice Link
The Art of Forgiveness
Surprises
Love and Growth
When Love Goes Public...
Song of Joy
A Minority Report
Biblical Delight
The Joy of Laughter
The Analysis of Joy
In Defense of Fun
Conclusion
Fiscal Year 2004 Discretionary Budget
Notes
Index of Names and Subjects
Index of Scripture