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Critical Social Theory

Prophetic Reason, Civil Society, and Christian Imagination

ISBN-13: 9780800629168
Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
Imprint: AUGSBURG BOOKS
Edited by Gary M. Simpson
Price: AUD $38.99
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Local release date: 06/01/2002
Format: Paperback (216.00mm X 165.00mm) 178 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: Christianity [HRC]Social issues & processes [JFF]

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Google Preview: Critical theory explained and espousedSimpson ably introduces critical social theory, the German-born intellectual movement that has spawned sharp criticisms of modernity, its use of reason, and our highly technological, bureaucratic culture. Part 1 recounts the emergence of critical social theory within the Frankfurt School of Social Research and the theological stirrings that the Frankfurt project sparked, especially in Paul Tillich. Part 2 explores Jrgen Habermas' reconception and expansion of critical social theory, especially his ideas about hermeneutics, praxis, communicative action, and civil society as the locus of prophetic social movements. Finally, in Part 3 Simpson shows how Christian theology employs critical social theory for the tasks of prophetic reason in a global civil society. Simpson's work is at once a programmatic introduction and a creative theological proposal for public theology.; Gary M. Simpson is professor of systematic theology at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of Critical Social Theory: Prophetic Reasoning, Civil Society, and Christian Imagination (Fortress Press, 2002, 978-0-8006-2916-8).; Foreword Paul Lakeland Preface Abbreviations Part One. Critical Social Theory and Christian Imagination-Genesis and Engagement 1. Horkheimer: The Idea of Critical Social Theory The Genesis of Sociology Traditional "Positivist" Theory Toward "Critical" Theory 2. Tillich: Christian Engagement with Critical Social Theory An Interpretive Conflict Engagement in Critical Reverence Rational Criticism and Prophetic Imagination The Form of Grace and the Protestant Congregation The Critique of Oracular Prophetism Part Two. Enter Habermas-The Communicative Imagination 3. Criticism: The Transformation of Critique Abandoning a Core Conviction The Critique of Instrumental Reason The Transformation of Critique 4. Theory: The Theory of Communicative Reason and Action The Modern Philosophy of the Subject The Linguistic Turn The Communicative Paradigm Communicative Ethics 5. Society: Civil Society and Deliberative Democracy A Democratic Public Sphere Lifeworld and Systems Growing Deliberative Democracy Part Three. Prophetic Reason and Communicative Imagination 6. Civil Society and Congregations as Prophetic Public Companions Harvesting the Fruits of Our Inquiry Setting the Table Notes Glossary Index; Google Preview content