Christian Social Teachings: A Reader in Christian Social Ethics from the Bible to the Present

A Themat ic Orga nizat ion of Sourcesxii
Prefacexiii
Part 1: Biblica l Influe nces1 Hebrew Bible2
Exodus 20:1-17; 21:1-11, 22-25, 33-36; 22:21-27
Leviticus 25:8-9
Prophetic Accents: Amos 5:6-24, Isaiah 11:1-9
2 New Testame nt7
Matthew 5
Luke 4:14-21 and Matthew 11:2-6
Luke 10:25-37
Luke 12:15-31
Romans 13 and 1 Peter 2:13—3:8
1 John 4:7-21 and 1 Corinthians 13:1-7
For Further Reading
Part 2: The Ear ly Churc h
3 Aposto lic Fat hers18
The Epistle of Barnabas XVII—XXI
The First Apology of Justin Martyr 14–17, 27–29
Irenaeus, Against Heresies, Book V, Chapter 24
4 Tertu llian 26
Apology, Chapters 39–45
Spectacles, Chapters 8–10
5 The Alexandrian Schoo l 34
The Instructor, Book I, Chapter XIII
The Rich Man’s Salvation
Origen: Against Celsus, Book VIII, 73–75
6 Chrysostom40
Concerning the Statutes, Homily XII, 9, 12–15
Homilies on Matthew, XIX, 6.1
7 August ine44
Enchiridion, Chapters 9–11
Enchiridion, Chapters 9–11; 23–26
City of God XIV, 28; XIX, 17
Of the Morals of the Catholic Church, Chapters XV, XXIV, 434, XXVI, and XXVII
A Good Marriage, Chapters 3, 6, 7, 10
Peace and Just War, City of God, Book XV, 4; XIX, 7
For Further Reading
Part 3: The Medieval Churc h
8 Monast icism58
The Rule of Saint Benedict
The Rule of Saint Francis
St. Francis’s Canticle of the Sun
9 The Myst ics66
Bernard of Clairvaux, On Love of God
Meister Eckhart, The Talks of Instruction, Nos. 2, 4, 5, 7, 18
Catherine of Siena, The Dialogue or A Treatise of Divine Providence
10 Thomas Aquinas76
Summa Theologica, II/1, Question 90, Article 2
Summa Theologica, II/1, Question 91, Articles 1–4
Summa Theologica, II/1, Question 94, Article 2
Summa Theologica, II/2, Question 58, Articles 1, 11, 12
Summa Theologica, II/2, Question 60, Articles 5–6
Summa Theologica, II/2, Question 64, Articles 2–3 and Question 40, Article 1
Summa Theologica, II/2, Question 66, Articles 1–2
11 The Medieval Papac y 99
Pope Gregory VII excommunication decree 1076
Unam Sanctam 1302
For Further Reading
12 Mart in Lut her104
Treatise on Christian Liberty, 1520
Temporal Authority: To What Extent It Should Be Obeyed, 1522
Against the Robbing and Murdering Horde of Peasants, ca. 1525
13 John Calvin 119
Institutes, Book II, Chapter II, No. 1
Institutes, Book II, Chapter II, No. 13
Institutes, Book II, Chapter VIII, Nos. 39, 41, 45–46
Institutes, Book III, Chapter XXI, No. 7
Institutes, Book IV, Chapter XX, Nos. 1–3, 24, 31–32
14 The Anabapt ists129
The Schleitheim Confession of Faith
Thomas Müntzer, Sermon to the Princes
Menno Simons, Reply to False Accusations
15 The Jesu it Legac y and Fra ncisco de Suáre z 140
Suárez, A Treatise on Laws and God the Lawgiver, Book III, Chapter II
Suárez, Disputation XIII: On Charity, Chapter 1
For Further Reading
Part 5: Post -Reformat ion England and Amer ica
16 The Pur ita ns148
An Agreement of the People
Gerrard Winstanley, The Law of Freedom in a Platform or True Magistracy
Restored (1652)
17 Roger Williams153
The Bloody Tenent of Persecution (July 15, 1644)
18 The Qua kers159
Rules of Discipline [Society of Friends]
Rules of Discipline [Opposition to War]
Rules of Discipline [Abolition of Slavery]
For Further Reading
Part 6: Eightee nth-Centur y Vo ices
19 Rat ionalism166
John Locke, The Reasonableness of Christianity
Joseph Butler, Upon the Love of Our Neighbor
20 Piet ism172
Philip Jacob Spener, Pia Desideria
August Hermann Francke, Scriptural Rules
21 John Wes ley 181
The Use of Money
Thoughts upon Slavery
Thoughts on the Present Scarcity of Provisions
For Further Reading
Part 7: Ninetee nth-Centur y Vo ices
22 Friedrich Schleiermac her196
On Christian Social Ethics
23 Horace Bus hnell 199
Politics under the Law of God
24 Fre der ick De niso n Maur ice203
The Kingdom of Christ
25 Abo litionists207
Sojourner Truth, “Ain’t I a Woman?”
Frederick Douglas, “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro”
26 Albrec ht Ritsc hl 213
Liberal Theology
For Further Reading
Part 8: Ninetee nth- and Twe ntiet h-Centur y
Cat holic Soc ial Teac hing
27 On Behalf of Wor kers : Industr ial Revolut ion
and the Great Depress ion 218
Leo III, Rerum Novarum, May 15, 1891
Pope Pius XI, Quadragesimo anno, 1931
28 Pope John XXIII and Vat ica n II224
John XXIII, Pacem in terris (1963)
Vatican Council II, Gaudium et spes (1965)
29 Unite d States Cat holic Bishops233
The Challenge of Peace: God’s Promise and Our Response (1983)
Economic Justice for All (1986)
For Further Reading
Part 9: Ear ly- to Mid-Twe ntiet h-Centur y Vo ices
30 The Soc ial Gospe l 242
Washington Gladden, Social Redemption
Walter Rauschenbusch, A Theology for the Social Gospel
31 Reinhold Niebu hr252
An Interpretation of Christian Ethics
Justice and Love
Christian Faith and Natural Law
32 Pau l Tillich 266
“The Kingdom of God in History,” Systematic Theology, Volume Three
33 Kar l Bart h 272
“The Christian Community and the Civil Community,” Community,
State, and Church
34 D ietr ich Bonhoeffer285
“The Concrete Commandment and the Divine Mandates,” Ethics
Letters and Papers from Prison
For Further Reading
Part 10: Twe ntiet h-Centur y Fem inist
and Woma nist Ethics
35 Fem inist Vo ices298
Rosemary Radford Ruether, Sexism and God-Talk
Lisa Sowle Cahill, “Feminism and Christian Ethics,” Freeing Theology:
The Essentials of Theology in Feminist Perspective
Beverly Wildung Harrison, Making the Connections: Essays in Feminist
Social Ethics
36 Woma nist Vo ices324
Katie Geneva Cannon, Katie’s Canon: Womanism and the Soul of the
Black Community
Jacquelyn Grant, White Women’s Jesus and Black Woman’s Christ:
Feminist Christology and Womanist Response
Delores S. Williams, “Womanist Theology: Black Women’s Voice”
For Further Reading
Part 11: co ntemporar y Issues : The Mid-Twe ntiet h
Centur y to the Prese nt
37 Just ice and Liberat ion 346
Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from a Birmingham Jail
James H. Cone, A Black Theology of Liberation
Gustavo Gutiérrez, A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation
Jon Sobrino, The Principle of Mercy: Taking the Crucified People from the Cross
38 Huma n Sexua lity 377
Charles Curran, “Catholic Social and Sexual Teaching: A Methodological
Comparison”
Christine Gudorf, “Life without Anchors: Sex, Exchange, and Human
Rights in a Postmodern World”
The Lambeth Conference 1998, Resolution I.10 Human Sexuality
World Council of Churches’ contributions to the discussions on human sexuality:
From Harare to Porto Alegre, Background Document, Geneva 2006
Margaret Farley, Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics
39 Enviro nme nta l Ethics410
Joseph Sittler, “Called to Unity” (1962)
Larry L. Rasmussen, “Is Eco-Justice Central to Christian Faith?”
Earth Community, Earth Ethics
Sallie McFague, The Body of God: An Ecological Theology
James Nash, Loving Nature: Ecological Integrity and Christian Responsibility
40 Biome dica l Ethics442
Paul Ramsey, Fabricated Man
Joseph Fletcher, Morals and Medicine
Richard A. McCormick, How Brave a New World: Dilemmas in Bioethics
James Gustafson, The Contributions of Theology to Medical Ethics
Paul T. Jersild, “Theological and Moral Reflections on Stem Cell Research”
41 Pac ifism , Just War , and Terror ism475
David A. Hoekema, “A Practical Christian Pacifism”
Address of Pope John Paul II to the Diplomatic Corps, January 13, 2003
Jean Bethke Elshtain, Just War against Terror
42 The Churc h in the Wor ld and the Ethics of Virtue491
John Howard Yoder, The Priestly Kingdom: Social Ethics as Gospel
Stanley Hauerwas, A Community of Character: Toward a Constructive
Christian Social Ethic
Jean Porter, The Recovery of Virtue: The Relevance of Aquinas for Christian Ethics
43 Trinitar ian Theo log y and Soc ial Ethics509
Jürgen Moltmann, The Trinity and the Kingdom
Catherine Mowry LaCugna, God for Us: The Trinity and Christian Life
For Further Reading
Bibliograp hy of or iginal sources523
index 532