This is the fourth volume in the series God and Globalization, sponsored by the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, N.J. The 3 previous volumes were multi-authored. This volume is authored solely by Max Stackhouse, the general editor of the series, with a Foreword by the distinguished church historian Justo Gonzales. This final interpretive volume argues for a view of Christian theology that, in critical dialogue with other world religions and philosophies, is able to engage the new world situation, play a critical role in reforming the "powers" that are becoming more diverse and autonomous, and generate a social ethic for the 21st century.
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"[T]he scholars at CTI can be congratulated for launching this debate on the profound philosophical implications of a primarily economic phenomenon, globalization, that is raising living standards and eroding ethnic and class distinctions throughout the world." -Wall Street Journal online
"Combining theology, sociology, social theory, and ethics, Stackhouse's 'public theology' offers a very judicious, and generally favorable, evaluation of globalization understood not only in economic or geopolitical terms but with particular attention to cultural dynamics...Globalization and Grace is not light reading, but it is the kind of book that fifty or a hundred years from now, may be celebrated for its prescience." —First Things, May 2008, No. 183
"Stackhouse's attempt to show the indebtedness of globalization to Christianity is insightful, and supports his contention that Christianity can help guide it. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers." —CHOICE (P. L. Redditt )
"In this important book the author has grasped what the Christian Faith means for globalization and what globalization means for the Christian faith." —Catholic Library World (Lucien J. Richard )
"In his treatments of providence and salvation Stackhouse convincingly mines the biblical narrative for its capacity, especially as appropriated by public theology, to guide and morally regulate complex civilizations...I am persuaded that Stackhouse's cosmopolitan view offers more promise than does sectarian withdrawal. I am also convinced that constructive engagement with globalization is required for Christians who wish to remain committed broadly to history, God's creativity and the goodness of the created world." - Stephen Healey, The Christian Century, July 2008 (Stephen Healey )
"Stackhouse's Globalization and Grace significantly contributes to existing literature that examines how theology can help guide and direct the human community in this new era of complex and revolutionary global change. The fourth in a series edited by S. and sponsored by the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, N. J., the volume maps out contours of a Christian public theology that can offer a social ethic capable of renewing communities around the globe and thereby help reform contemporary dominant 'powers.'... S.'s most important contribution is the rereading of central categories of Christian faith, such as creation, providence, and salvation, through the new lens of globalization. The book offers new wineskins of thought capable of holding this new social reality as we become increasingly more conscious of our interconnectedness and interdependence." —Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C., Theological Studies, March 2009
“Combining theology, sociology, social theory, and ethics, Stackhouse’s 'public theology’ offers a very judicious, and generally favorable, evaluation of globalization understood not only in economic or geopolitical terms but with particular attention to cultural dynamics…Globalization and Grace is not light reading, but it is the kind of book that fifty or a hundred years from now, may be celebrated for its prescience.” —First Things, May 2008, No. 183
“Stackhouse’s attempt to show the indebtedness of globalization to Christianity is insightful, and supports his contention that Christianity can help guide it. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers.” –CHOICE (, )
“In this important book the author has grasped what the Christian Faith means for globalization and what globalization means for the Christian faith.” –Catholic Library World (, )
“In his treatments of providence and salvation Stackhouse convincingly mines the biblical narrative for its capacity, especially as appropriated by public theology, to guide and morally regulate complex civilizations…I am persuaded that Stackhouse’s cosmopolitan view offers more promise than does sectarian withdrawal. I am also convinced that constructive engagement with globalization is required for Christians who wish to remain committed broadly to history, God’s creativity and the goodness of the created world.” - Stephen Healey, The Christian Century, July 2008 (, )
“Stackhouse’s Globalization and Grace significantly contributes to existing literature that examines how theology can help guide and direct the human community in this new era of complex and revolutionary global change. The fourth in a series edited by S. and sponsored by the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, N. J., the volume maps out contours of a Christian public theology that can offer a social ethic capable of renewing communities around the globe and thereby help reform contemporary dominant 'powers.’… S.’s most important contribution is the rereading of central categories of Christian faith, such as creation, providence, and salvation, through the new lens of globalization. The book offers new wineskins of thought capable of holding this new social reality as we become increasingly more conscious of our interconnectedness and interdependence.” –Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C., Theological Studies, March 2009
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Max L. Stackhouse is Rimmer and Ruth de Vries Professor of Reformed Theology and Public Life Emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary and coordinating editor of the God and Globalization series.
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This review is from: God and Globalization: Globalization and Grace (Theology For The 21St Century) (v. 4) (Hardcover)
Do we really need another book on globalization? The first two words of the title of this four volume work immediately draws our attention to the distinctive perspective that this series seeks to develop. What does God have to do with globalization? Some would cynically sneer at the joining of these two seemingly disparate terms. Yet, in his fourth volume, Stackhouse not only critiques this misinformed position, but more fully develops the notion and need for "public theology", which he argues is the most important theological development in its potential to address issues posed by globalization. Unlike the previous three volumes which were comprised of twenty-two different contributors from theology, science, philosophy, law and sociology, this volume is solely authored by Stackhouse. Using three Biblical categories of grace--Creation, Providence and Salvation--Stackhouse outlines a distinctively Christian public theology that engages and addresses this massive phenomenon of globalization. More specifically, his approach provides the creation of an ethos, and a moral infrastructure for a world-wide civil society that could lead to a highly diverse, cosmopolitan civilization.
Stackhouse is to be commended for this seminal work in defending and demonstrating the quintessential importance of religion in the analysis of globalization. God and Globalization rightly emphasizes the need for a multi-faceted analysis of globalization beyond the conventional economic, social, cultural, and political perspectives. In this final volume, Stackhouse presents a concrete model of what a Christian public theology would look like drawing upon the resources of confessional theology. His public theology is not a diluted religious syncretism, but a distinctively Christian vision which he effectively argues as the best possible model allowing for the proliferation of this world's diversity. One of the difference between this volume and the preceding ones is vol 4 is wholly written by the editor of the series (Stackhouse) and so delivers a greater depth and consistency of development arising from the premise of this series. The other volumes were thematically connected bridging important aspects of globalization with religion; however, there was not the kind of consistent development that I appreciated in this work. While, there are terms in this work that could be potentially confusing for those not familiar with Christian theology or the Bible, vol 4 presents an insightful and pioneering vision that will greatly benefit those who are seeking for a comprehensive vision of the impact that globalization can make in our world.
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Stackhouse: A Great Synthesizer,
This review is from: God and Globalization: Globalization and Grace (Theology For The 21St Century) (v. 4) (Hardcover)
Volume 4 in this globalization series, Stackhouse's "Globalization and Grace" is a masterful summary of conclusions by the thelogians who wrote for the first three volumes. Unlike many treatments of our emerging global civilization, Setackhouse does not focus only on the economics and politics of this complex subject but also on the changing cultural links between peoples of earth. He crowns the analysis with the rare addition of comprehensive theological evaluation, chiefly but not exclusively from the standpoint of Christian faith. Chapters 3-5 are a fresh look at our global interconnectedness under the "graces" of Creation, Providence, and Salvation. The final chapter is a readable, accurate summary of the wisdom of all four volumes in this series.
The book will appeal to serious students of theology and contemporary social change. Stackhouse is a master synthesizer. Somewhat lacking in detailed historical illustration, the book is nonetheless indispensable for anyone who wants to think theologically, not only economically and politically, about the astonishing contacts that all six billion of us now have with each other around the earth. --Donald W. Shriver, Union Theological Seminary, New York
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In the first century St. Paul believed that God's divinity was everywhere manifest and nowhere fully heeded. Max Stackhouse, editor of three previous books in this series, and author of this volume Globalization and Grace (God and Globalization), believes that God's extraordinary actions often are still overlooked. He argues that globalization is misunderstood because of flawed, but widely held, views about the interaction of theology, economics, and social change. Many find it impossible to imagine God being involved in anything larger than the human soul or that social structures are theologically meaningful. Stackhouse is not among them. Globalization, he claims, is an ambiguous dynamic that nonetheless is creating a new transnational kind of affiliation, a global civil society, that simultaneously will routinize and modify core Christian ideas. How globalization is shaped will affect everyone.
I find Stackhouse's interpretations cogent; some readers may not. Whatever readers conclude, however, a public debate about globalization is demanded. Stackhouse here sketches the primary terms that should focus such a debate. In chapters one and two, he argues that Christians are uniquely positioned to understand and, on a lower level, creatively shape the forces driving globalization. Globalization entails a radically postmodern, cosmopolitan ethic that has the potential to further the growth and development of countless people. In chapters three through five, he discusses creation, providence, and salvation as "graces" that provide lens through which to view implications of globalization. Stackhouse's application of the Christian mythos to globalization offers something like a short course in theology and social systems. I am persuaded that Stackhouse's cosmopolitan view offers significant promise, but the anti-globalists are many. In the future, theologians will look back on decisions made in this period as portentous. Will our decisions be deemed worthy? Let us hope that the future judges us with as much straightforward candor, humane awareness of limitations, and conviction of God's love for us, as Stackhouse does in this concluding volume of God and Globalization Globalization and Grace (God and Globalization).
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