The Decalogue and a human future : the meaning of the commandments for making and keeping human life human
Print Book, English, ©1995
W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., ©1995
vii, 232 pages ; 23 cm
9780802808356, 0802808352
31045176
Introduction
Part I. Disregard, disarray, and discovery
Chapter 1. On not keeping the commandments
Gospel as law vs. law as gospel
Rediscovering Luther
Catching up with Brother Martin
Chapter 2. Beyond hierarchy and equality
The "age of reason" in a "world come of age"
Sharp swords for rusty ones
An assist from macrosociology
Hive, anthill, or human community
Chapter 3. The structural realism of the decalogue
Secular individualism and social responsibility
Reciprocal responsibility and the Decalogue
Apperception, structure, and responsibility
The structural realism of the Decalogue. Part II. Pathways and patterns of reciprocal responsibility
Prologue: "The two tablets of Moses"; Luther and the Bible
Chapter 4. Of God and creation: the right tablet of Moses (the first, second and third commandments)
What does it mean to have a God? The heart and its trust (The first commandment: "You shall have no other Gods besides me")
The loss of God's name: the heart becomes religion and trust becomes process (The second commandment: "You shall not go about with the name of God as though it made no difference")
The violation and the restoration of God's name: The feminist repudiation of patriarchal co-optation
Shabat, shalom, and responsibility for creation (The third commandment: "you shall make a day for celebration Holy"). Chapter 5. The family, abortion, and homosexuality (The fourth, fifth, and sixth commandments)
The "Left tablet of Moses"
The paradigm of human wholeness and the question of the family (The fourth commandment: "You shall honor your father and mother")
The question of abortion (The fifth commandment: "You shall not kill")
Sexuality and human fulfillment: The question of homosexuality (The sixth commandment: "You shall not commit adultery"). Chapter 6. Property, false witness, vocation, and belonging (The seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth commandments)
Christianity and property (The seventh commandment: "you shall not steal")
Telling the truth (The eighth commandment: "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor")
A question of belonging (The ninth and tenth commandments: "You shall not covet")
Concluding comments
Index