“… the scholars at CTI can be congratulated for launching this debate on the profound philosophical implications of a primarily economic phenomenon, globalization …”
- Wall Street Journal, 1.11.2008
Latest Volume 4:
Globalization and Grace, by Max L. Stackhouse with a Foreword by Justo González ( New York and London: Continuum, 2007)
This is the fourth volume in the series God and Globalization, sponsored by the Center of Theological Inquiry. It was written solely by Max Stackhouse, the general editor of the series, with a Foreward by the eminent church historian Justo Gonzalez. This final interpretative 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 twenty-first century.
Volumes 1-3
The three previous volumes are multi-authored collections by distinguished theologians and scholars:
Volume 1:
Religion and the Powers of the Common Life, edited by Max L. Stackhouse and Peter J. Paris
( Harrisburg: Trinity Press International/Continuum, 2000)
This volume considers the impact on the modern life of economics, political science, psychology and sexuality, and the mass media and the arts.
Volume 2:
The Spirit and Modern Authorities, edited by Max L. Stackhouse with Don S. Browning
( Harrisburg: Trinity Press International/Continuum, 2001)
This volume shows how developments in education, law, medicine, and technology that have distanced people from traditional familial and religious connections and generated new spheres of influence.
Volume 3:
Christ and the Dominions of Civilization, edited by Max L. Stackhouse with Diane B. Obenchain
( Harrisburg: Trinity Press International/Continuum, 2002)
This volume deals with religion as a uniting and diving phenomenon, whereby the world is simultaneously brought together by common ethical perspectives and pushed apart by different ultimate concerns.
Reviews of the God and Globalization Series
See George Melloan, 'Faith Without Borders', Wall Street Journal, 1.11.08
