Table of Contents

Preface: After 9/11 Chapter 1: Biblical Sources of Prophetic Realism Chapter 2: Historical Sources of Realism Chapter 3: The Development of American Prophetic Realism Chapter 4: A Perspective on International Politics Chapter 5: Ontology of Power Chapter 6: On Power and Purpose Chapter 7: Prophetic Realism and Peacemaking Chapter 8: Realist Criticism of Just Peacemaking Theory Chapter 9: Resurgent Pacifist Attack on Realism Chapter 10: Prophetic Realism, Human Rights, and Foreign Policy Chapter 11: Al Qaeda and U. S Foreign Policy Chapter 12: The Peacemaking Struggle and Resistance

Promotional Information

Stone's book applies Niebuhr's insights to contemporary international relations. He takes the social thrust of religion seriously as he argues that the study of international relations is a necessary part of the study and practice of religion and ethics.

About the Author

Ronald Stone is John Witherspoon Professor Emeritus of Ethics at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.

Reviews

"...Stone's interdisciplinary book makes an important contribution to current debates in theological ethics and international politics...Stone's project helps illuminate the challenges that American policies have obviated or neglected and would benefit specialists as well as upper-level undergraduate and graduate students." Jonathan Rothchild, Journal of Religion, July 2007
*Jonathan Rothchild*

"The great strength of this book is the clarity author Ronald Stone brings to the meaning, history, and theological importance of the tradition of prophetic realism. "—Jeffrey W. Robbins, Journal of Church and State, April 10, 2008
*Jeffrey W. Robbins*

Reviewed in Evangelical Review of Society and Politics.

"Stone's book is an excellent source for the history of the relatioship between American secular politics and theology over the last one hundred years. To the European reader, it is exciting to see ways in which theology can coherently and successfully engage withpolitics in the public sphere" International Journal & Public Theology
*Liam Waldrom, University of Aberdeen, UK*

Reviewed in Religious Studies Review, Vol. 36, No. 2, June 2010 (UK) ‘His thesis is clearly and passionately argued, an example of applied religious ethics ... this book is accessible to clergy, laypersons and scholars alike.'

Ronald Stone is that rare intellectual who is at home in the discussions both of Christian theology and of international relations. This book, with its persistent interaction between the two realms, is a double challenge: to churches who are often naïve and dogmatic in moral judgments about world affairs, and to those politicians and political scientists who ignore the ethical meaning of their judgments. It is particularly relevant in the post 9/11 era, when many past certainties are insecure. -Roger L. Shinn, Reinhold Niebuhr professor emeritus of social ethics, Union Theological Seminary, New York
*Blurb from reviewer*