Roots of Relational Ethics Responsibility in Origin and Maturity in H. Richard Niebuhr

H. Richard Nieburh's major work, which he did not live to complete, was tobe on theological ethics. Based on the published and unpublished writings thatNiebuhr completed during the last decade of his life, Roots of Relational Ethicsdemonstrates that Niebuhr's conception of responsibility was the culmination ofhis thought about self, God, Christ, the church, ethics and decision-making, andsocial evil. R. Melvin Keiser examines the limitations and potential ofNiebuhr's use of responsibility in comparison with relevant themes in liberationand feminist theological ethics. He suggests that Niebuhr's mature work cancontribute to the alleviation of environmental exploitation, sexism,anti-Judaims, war, racism, and classism.