عنوان

Paul Ramsey and Reinhold Niebuhr on a Public Theology of Tragedy and the Problem of Dirty Hands

شماره

LA113165

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Paul Ramsey and Reinhold Niebuhr on a Public Theology of Tragedy and the Problem of Dirty Hands

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Adam Edward Hollowell, John K. Burk, Adam Edward Hollowell, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Modern discussions of the problem of 'dirty hands' often draw upon a tradition of thinking in American public theology that wrestles with political conflicts between moral limitations and responsibilities. This article examines the problem of dirty hands through the way two significant figures in the field, Paul Ramsey and Reinhold Niebuhr, employ concepts of tragedy in their public theological writings. The analysis suggests that Ramsey and Niebuhr provide several starting points for describing the ambiguous realities of the political context and establishing limits on morally permissible political behaviour. This offers a significant challenge to the idea that 'tragedy' can be used to describe the liberal failings of either scholar and asserts the potential helpfulness of their arguments as the church seeks to exchange reasons in a democratic culture. Modern discussions of the problem of 'dirty hands' often draw upon a tradition of thinking in American public theology that wrestles with political conflicts between moral limitations and responsibilities. This article examines the problem of dirty hands through the way two significant figures in the field, Paul Ramsey and Reinhold Niebuhr, employ concepts of tragedy in their public theological writings. The analysis suggests that Ramsey and Niebuhr provide several starting points for describing the ambiguous realities of the political context and establishing limits on morally permissible political behaviour. This offers a significant challenge to the idea that 'tragedy' can be used to describe the liberal failings of either scholar and asserts the potential helpfulness of their arguments as the church seeks to exchange reasons in a democratic culture.

تاريخ نشر

2011

توصيف ظاهري

458-475

عنوان

International Journal of Public Theology

شماره جلد

5/4

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1569-7320

اصطلاح موضوعی

dirty hands

اصطلاح موضوعی

Niebuhr

اصطلاح موضوعی

political realism

اصطلاح موضوعی

Ramsey

اصطلاح موضوعی

tragedy

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Adam Edward Hollowell

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

John K. Burk

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/156973211X595943

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y