Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter 1: Social Systems: Orders of Creation or Demonic Powers? Chapter 3 Chapter 2: Models of Church and State: Historical and Theological Chapter 4 Chapter 3: Patriarchy as a Social System Chapter 5 Chapter 4: Modernizing Patriarchy: Women, Children and Slaves Chapter 6 Chapter 5: Anti-Semitism, European Nationalism and Zionism Chapter 7 Chapter 6: Racism in the U.S.: White, Black, Red, Brown and Yellow Chapter 8 Chapter 7: Social Ideologies: Sexism, Slavery and Racism Chapter 9 Chapter 8: Political-Economic Ideologies: Liberalism, Socialism, Fascism Chapter 10 Chapter 9: Economic Class in the United States Chapter 11 Chapter 10: European Colonialism: 1492-1965 Chapter 12 Chapter 11: The Global Economy: Neo-colonialism and Neo-Liberalism Chapter 13 Chapter 12: The U.S. and Global Militarism Chapter 14 Chapter 13: Nicaragua in the Caribbean and Central American Context Chapter 15 Chapter 14: The Two Koreas: Divergent Systems, Hope for Re-unification? Chapter 16 Chapter 15: South Africa: Apartheid and Beyond Chapter 17 Chapter 16: Ecology: The Context for All Social Systems Chapter 18 Chapter 17: Social Systems and the Church's Mission Chapter 19 Appendix: The Earth Charter Chapter 20 Bibliography
Rosemary Radford Ruether is Carpenter Professor of Feminist Theology Emerita, Graduate Theological Union, and visiting scholar, Claremont Graduate University and Claremont School of Theology. She is the author of numerous books, including Integrating Ecofeminism, Globalization, and World Religion.
With unflagging clarity in the face of the immense spiral of human
sociality and violence, Rosemary Radford Ruether again tells a
gripping story. Accessible for students, handy for scholars,
inspiring for activists, Christianity and Social Systems is a
trustworthy and surprising resource for honest Christians or for
secular critics. The Ruetheran Reformation roars on!
*Catherine Keller, Drew University*
Rosemary Radford Ruether's Christianity and Social Systems is a
breathtaking, comprehensive, and accessible historical
reconstruction of social systems from gender relations, slavery,
nationalism and anti-semitism, colonialism, neo-colonialism, and
corporate globalism through to current ecological threats. Using
examples from around the globe, Ruether helps change agents
understand how the current context has been shaped, and how
churches can participate in constructing a new and just reality. A
fascinating socio-historical treatment.
*Carol Robb, San Francisco Theological Seminary and Graduate
Theological Union*
For decades Rosemary Radford Ruether has been describing the social
history of human beings, especially in the West, with both
objectivity and moral passion. She tells it as it is, letting the
chips fall where they may. In the process, she has offended
everyone, since in history no group turns out to be pure and
innocent, but she has also offered hope. Since this hope is based
on a realistic assessment of our past and present, it is the only
kind that is truly real and useful. In this book the insights and
wisdom derived from a lifetime of study and reflection are brought
together. If any one book can be called Ruether's magnum opus, this
is it.
*John B. Cobb, Jr., CLAREMONT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY*
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