Beyond the Social Maze Exploring Vida Dutton Scudder's Theological Ethics

by Hinson-hasty, Elizabeth L.

• ISBN13: 9780567028310
• ISBN10: 0567028313
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-17
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

Exploring Vida Dutton Scudder's theological ethics, this work demonstrates the ways in which she brought a distinctive perspective to bear on the social gospel project. Her theological perspective differed from that of Walter Rauschenbusch, the most famous proponent of the movement.

Author Biography

Elizabeth L. Hinson-Hasty is Assistant Professor of Theology at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Why Vida Dutton Scudder?	1	(22)
A Theological Ethicist and a Social Gospeler	2	(7)
``I Am No Theologian''	9	(3)
A Growing Appreciation for Her Work	12	(4)
A Systematic Exploration of Scudder's Thought	16	(7)
Vida Dutton Scudder's Theological Vision	23	(28)
Concepts of God Relevant to the Modern Era	24	(3)
A Social Mystic	27	(4)
The Trinity: A Cooperative Vision of God	31	(4)
Christ	35	(1)
Jesus and His Teachings about the Kingdom of God	35	(4)
Jesus' Sacrifice and What His Suffering Meant	39	(4)
The Church and the World	43	(1)
Spirit-Inspired Community	44	(1)
Democratic Impulse in the Church	45	(6)
Character and the Cooperative Commonwealth	51	(42)
Character in a Competitive Environment	52	(4)
Socialism: ``A Stream Nearing a Waterfall''	56	(2)
Scudder's Experience of Working-Class Life	58	(4)
An Ethics of Inequality	62	(1)
Creating a Better Moral Environment	63	(1)
Freedom, Power, and Shaping Moral Character	64	(5)
Scudder's Vision of the Cooperative Commonwealth	69	(1)
The Ethics of Equality	70	(2)
The Church and the Cooperative Commonwealth	72	(1)
The Church and the Ethics of Inequality	72	(2)
The Church and the Ethics of Equality	74	(2)
Women and the Cooperative Commonwealth	76	(1)
College Women and Social Need	77	(7)
Women and the New Social Order	84	(9)
Scudder's Moral Reasoning, Sources, and Norms	93	(32)
An Environment That Nurtured ``Instincts of Defiant Self-Protection''	93	(3)
Created in God's Cooperative Image	96	(1)
Social Responsibility and Essential Human Nature	97	(2)
``New Womanhood''	99	(2)
F. D. Maurice's Theology and Scudder's View of Human Nature	101	(2)
Communities That Embodied God's Cooperative Image	103	(2)
Jesus and St. Francis: Embodied Equality, Self-Sacrifice, and Solidarity	105	(1)
Jesus' Embodiment of Key Values	106	(1)
St. Francis Lived the Way of the Cross	107	(2)
Cooperative Commonwealth: Scudder's Loyalty	109	(1)
Policies for a Cooperative Commonwealth	110	(1)
Labor Regulation	111	(2)
Suffrage for Women a Duty, Not a Right	113	(2)
From Pacifism of the Future to Pacifism as Resistance	115	(2)
No Longer in Doubt	117	(8)
Scudder's Social Vision: An Enduring Legacy	125	(16)
The Impact of Her Work	125	(4)
Scudder's Enduring Legacy	129	(1)
The Corporate Church as an Instrument of Redemption	129	(5)
An Undercurrent of Realism	134	(3)
Concluding Comments	137	(4)
Bibliography	141	(16)
Index	157