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).
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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