The Church: Midwife of History or Witness of the Eschaton?

Walter Rauschenbusch and John Howard Yoder offer two contrasting paradigms of ecclesiologically centered Christian social ethics. They give different accounts of history, eschatology, and the kingdom of God with the result that they differ in their conception of the church's ministry in the wor...

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Published in:	The Journal of religious ethics 1990-04, Vol.18 (1), p.27-54
Main Author:	Hutter, Reinhard L
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Christian ethics Christianity Churches Communities Crosses Eschatology Ethics Focus: The Ethics of the Social Gospel Midwifery Rauschenbusch, Walter Religion Sin Social ethics Theology Yoder, John Howard
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Summary:	Walter Rauschenbusch and John Howard Yoder offer two contrasting paradigms of ecclesiologically centered Christian social ethics. They give different accounts of history, eschatology, and the kingdom of God with the result that they differ in their conception of the church's ministry in the world. Rauschenbusch construes history as universal eschatology, while Yoder understands eschatology as particular history. Both offer powerful but problematic accounts of the ethical nature of the church, and it is possible that the strengths of both might be united in the concept of the "confessing church" in the tradition of Barth.
ISSN:	0384-9694 1467-9795