Between two rivers : a memoir of Christian social action and ethics / Ronald H. Stone.

Author
Stone, Ronald H. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.
  • ©2015
Description
1 online resource (478 p.)

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Between Two Rivers chronicles the life of noted scholar of religion, politics, and philosophy, Ronald H. Stone. From his childhood through his retirement, the book highlights Stone's focus on Christian social ethics and his prolific writing in the area. The book includes unique insights into some of the renowned scholars Stone worked with closely, including Reinhold Niebuhr and Paul Tillich.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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English
Contents
  • Contents; Introduction; 1 Birth; 2 Childhood; 3 High School; 4 Morningside College; 5 Mexico City College; 6 Junior College; 7 Pre-Theological Student; 8 Marriage and Church; 9 New York City; 10 Europe; 11 Christian Social Ethics; 12 Philosophy; 13 Oxford; 14 Reinhold Niebuhr; 15 Faith and Politics; 16 Teaching and Leaving Columbia; 17 Associate Professor in Pittsburgh; 18 "The King's Chapel and the King's Court"; 19 Early Days at Pittsburgh Seminary; 20 The Death of Reinhold; 21 Cambridge University; 22 Professor of Social Ethics; 23 Beyond Niebuhr; 24 Realism and Hope
  • 25 Randy in Nova Scotia26 Urban Ethics Course; 27 Seeking Greek Orthodoxy; 28 Response to Liberation Theology; 29 Paul Tillich; 30 Peacemaking and the Presbyterians; 31 East Liberty Presbyterian Church; 32 Between Jerusalem and Bethlehem; 33 Church and Society; 34 Reformed Faith and Politics; 35 Rome and Budapest; 36 Siberia; 37 East Berlin; 38 Marriage; 39 Resistance to Militarism; 40 India; 41 John C. Bennett; 42 Third Presbyterian Church; 43 Post-India Writing; 44 Peacemaking; 45 Theological Educators for Presbyterian Social Witness; 46 Robert Chesnut; 47 Father, 1990; 48 Latin America
  • 49 Urban Ministry50 Patricia; 51 Randall; 52 Spies; 53 John Witherspoon; 54 Justice and Peacemaking; 55 Amazon; 56 Mother; 57 John Bennett and Nuclear Weapons; 58 Politics; 59 Cuba; 60 Just Peacemaking and Humanitarian Intervention; 61 Oxbridge Revisited; 62 Church and State; 63 Letters from Africa; 64 Against the Third Reich; 65 The Ultimate Imperative; 66 Religion in the New Millennium; 67 John Wesley's Ethics; 68 Terrorism and Foreign Policy; 69 Semi-Retirement and Divorce; 70 Christian Social Ethics as Vocation; 71 On Speaking to Hezbollah; 72 Prophetic Realism; 73 Visit to China
  • 74 Return to Rome75 Marriage and Family; 76 Eber: Pioneer in Iowa; 77 Moral Reflections on Foreign Policy in a Religious War; 78 Niebuhr and Tillich; 79 Concluding Reflections; Bibliography
ISBN
1-4422-5005-4
OCLC
911492448
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