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The Obama Question

A Progressive Perspective

By: Gary J. Dorrien

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The Obama Question

A Progressive Perspective

By: Gary J. Dorrien

This text offers a critique of Barack Obama's presidency and a powerful case that progressives should not give up on Obama. Obama has been a bitter disappointment in many ways, Dorrien contends, yet he also has historic achievements to his credit that are too often discounted.

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1442215372

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9781442215375

The New Abolition

W. E. B. Du Bois and the Black Social Gospel

By: Gary J. Dorrien

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The New Abolition

W. E. B. Du Bois and the Black Social Gospel

By: Gary J. Dorrien

The black social gospel emerged from the trauma of Reconstruction to ask what a "new abolition" would require in American society. It became an important tradition of religious thought and resistance, helping to create an alternative public sphere of excluded voices and providing the intellectual underpinnings of the civil rights movement. This tradition has been seriously overlooked, despite its immense legacy. In this groundbreaking work, Gary Dorrien describes the early history of the black social gospel from its nineteenth-century founding to its close association in the twentieth century with W. E. B. Du Bois. He offers a new perspective on modern Christianity and the civil rights era by delineating the tradition of social justice theology and activism that led to Martin Luther King Jr.

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Yale University Press

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0300205600

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9780300205602

The Making of American Liberal Theology

Idealism, Realism, and Modernity, 1900-1950

By: Gary J. Dorrien

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The Making of American Liberal Theology

Idealism, Realism, and Modernity, 1900-1950

By: Gary J. Dorrien

In this first of three volumes, Dorrien identifies the indigenous roots of American liberal theology and demonstrates a wider, longer-running tradition than has been thought. The tradition took shape in the nineteenth century, motivated by a desire to map a modernist "third way" between orthodoxy and rationalistic deism/atheism. It is defined by its openness to modern intellectual inquiry; its commitment to the authority of individual reason and experience; its conception of Christianity as an ethical way of life; and its commitment to make Christianity credible and socially relevant to modern people. Dorrien takes a narrative approach and provides a biographical reading of important religious thinkers of the time, including William E. Channing, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Horace Bushnell, Henry Ward Beecher, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Charles Briggs. Dorrien notes that, although liberal theology moved into elite academic institutions, its conceptual foundations were laid in the pulpit rather than the classroom.

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Westminster John Knox Press

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0664223559

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9780664223557

Reconstructing the Common Good

Theology and the Social Order

By: Gary J. Dorrien

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Reconstructing the Common Good

Theology and the Social Order

By: Gary J. Dorrien

This landmark study in the history and theory of modern Christian socialism examines the work of such major figures as Rauschenbusch, Tillich, Moltmann, GutiŽrrez, and M'guez Bonino. Dorrien argues that these theologians provide a singular context for addressing questions of freedom and totalitarianism, sacralization and democratization, individual autonomy and the common good. He focuses on the differing conceptions of the common good that these major theorists have propounded, and explicates as well their theological arguments on the relationship between the Kingdom of God and projects of historical praxis. With a new Preface addressing the tumultuous events in Eastern Europe, Reconstructing the Common Good develops and sustains a forceful argument for the continuing relevance of a decentralized, pluralistic, democratic form of socialism.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1592449492

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The Word as True Myth

Interpreting Modern Theology

By: Gary J. Dorrien

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The Word as True Myth

Interpreting Modern Theology

By: Gary J. Dorrien

Gary Dorrien follows the threads of theology through the twentieth century, examining how Christians have reconciled their myth-filled religious beliefs within a world secularized by Enlightenment criticism and science. To understand how religion keeps its place in Christians' lives, Dorrien writes, we must explore how modern theologians have answered the question of myth in today's Christianity. Dorrien's narrative walks readers through modern theology - stopping with each of the major thinkers along the way to see how they dealt with the issue of modern Christian mythology. Ultimately he offers his own "new neo-orthodoxy", a theology of Word and Spirit that is pluralistic and affirms the mythical character of the gospel while holding fast to the Gospels' myth-negating condemnation of idolatry and their focus on history.

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Westminster John Knox Press

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0664257453

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9780664257453

The Remaking of Evangelical Theology

By: Gary J. Dorrien

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The Remaking of Evangelical Theology

By: Gary J. Dorrien

In this in-depth historical analysis of evangelical theology, Gary Dorrien describes how evangelicalism has developed and matured. Beginning at the turn of the century and the start of the fundamentalist-modernist controversies, he notes the key figures and institutions of the evangelical movement. He also shows how evangelicalism has both diversified and entered into the broader theological discussions of today.

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Westminster John Knox Press

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0664258034

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9780664258030

Breaking White Supremacy

Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Social Gospel

By: Gary J. Dorrien

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Breaking White Supremacy

Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Social Gospel

By: Gary J. Dorrien

This magisterial follow-up to The New Abolition, a Grawemeyer Award winner, tells the crucial second chapter in the black social gospel's history. The civil rights movement was one of the most searing developments in modern American history. It abounded with noble visions, resounded with magnificent rhetoric, and ended in nightmarish despair. It won a few legislative victories and had a profound impact on U.S. society, but failed to break white supremacy. The symbol of the movement, Martin Luther King Jr., soared so high that he tends to overwhelm anything associated with him. Yet the tradition that best describes him and other leaders of the civil rights movement has been strangely overlooked. In his latest book, Gary Dorrien continues to unearth the heyday and legacy of the black social gospel, a tradition with a shimmering history, a martyred central figure, and enduring relevance today. This part of the story centers around King and the mid-twentieth-century black church leaders who embraced the progressive, justice-oriented, internationalist social gospel from the beginning of their careers and fulfilled it, inspiring and leading America's greatest liberation movement.

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Yale University Press

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0300205619

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9780300205619

Economy, Difference, Empire

Social Ethics for Social Justice

By: Gary J. Dorrien

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Economy, Difference, Empire

Social Ethics for Social Justice

By: Gary J. Dorrien

Sourcing the major traditions of progressive Christian social ethics--social gospel liberalism, Niebuhrian realism, and liberation theology--Gary Dorrien argues for the social-ethical necessity of social justice politics. In carefully reasoned essays, he focuses on three subjects: the ethics and politics of economic justice, racial and gender justice, and antimilitarism, making a constructive case for economic democracy, along with a liberationist understanding of racial and gender justice and an anti-imperial form of liberal internationalism. In Dorrien's view, the three major discourse traditions of progressive Christian social ethics share a fundamental commitment to transform the structures of society in the direction of social justice. His reflections on these topics feature innovative analyses of major figures, such as Walter Rauschenbusch, Reinhold Niebuhr, James Burnham, Norman Thomas, and Michael Harrington, and an extensive engagement with contemporary intellectuals, such as Rosemary R. Ruether, Katie Cannon, Gregory Baum, and Cornel West. Dorrien also weaves his personal experiences into his narrative, especially his involvement in social justice movements. He includes a special chapter on the 2008 presidential campaign and the historic candidacy of Barack Obama.

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Columbia University Press

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0231149840

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9780231149846

The Barthian Revolt in Modern Theology

Theology Without Weapons

By: Gary J. Dorrien

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The Barthian Revolt in Modern Theology

Theology Without Weapons

By: Gary J. Dorrien

In this history of the rise, development, and near-demise of Karl Barth's theology, Gary Dorrien carefully analyzes the making of the Barthian revolution and the reasons behind its simultaneously dominating and marginal character. He discusses Barth's relationship to his predecessors and contemporaries, as well as to modern theologians, and argues that his approach to theology was deeply indebted to his liberal past.

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Westminster John Knox Press

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0664221513

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Soul in Society

The Making and Renewal of Social Christianity

By: Gary J. Dorrien

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Soul in Society

The Making and Renewal of Social Christianity

By: Gary J. Dorrien

Gary Dorrien's major work addresses the roots of and remedy to the current crisis in American Christian social ethics.Focusing on the story of American liberal Protestantism, the book examines in fascinating depth the three major movements in this century ? the Social Gospel, Christian Realism, and Liberation Theology ? in a way that also brings African American, feminist, environmentalist, Catholic, and other voices into the increasingly multicultural quest.Dorrien then carefully assesses the crisis of social Christian thought in a culture that is increasingly secular, materialistic, and dominated by capitalism. He shows how the progressive Christian vision of social and economic democracy can be redeemed in the face of its apparent defeat. He argues strongly for a social Christianity faithful to the spiritual reality and kingdom-oriented ethic of the way of Christ.Dorrien's engaging narrative, knowledgeable and fair analysis, and thoughtful proposal bring desperately needed clarity and commitment to the Christian social conscience.

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Fortress Press

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0800628918

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9780800628918

Reconstructing the Common Good

Theology and the Social Order

By: Gary J. Dorrien

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Theology and the Social Order

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The Democratic Socialist Vision

By: Gary J. Dorrien

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The Democratic Socialist Vision

By: Gary J. Dorrien

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Book's by Gary J. Dorrien

The Obama Question

The Obama Question

The New Abolition

The New Abolition

The Making of American Liberal Theology

The Making of American Liberal Theology

Reconstructing the Common Good

Reconstructing the Common Good

The Word as True Myth

The Word as True Myth

The Remaking of Evangelical Theology

The Remaking of Evangelical Theology

Breaking White Supremacy

Breaking White Supremacy

Economy, Difference, Empire

Economy, Difference, Empire

The Barthian Revolt in Modern Theology

The Barthian Revolt in Modern Theology

Soul in Society

Soul in Society

Reconstructing the Common Good

Reconstructing the Common Good

The Democratic Socialist Vision

The Democratic Socialist Vision

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