By What Authority?: The Churches and Social Concern

by Anthony Harvey

It has come to be taken for granted that churches should issue reports and make statements on public affairs - anything from unemployment to prisons, urban deprivation to the Internet. In theory their conclusions are based on "theology"; in practice they rely more on simple appeals to justice, compassion and human rights. The author examines a number of such reports issued over the last 15 years and finds their "theology" to have made little contribution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0334028493
• ISBN13: 9780334028499
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: SCM Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"