Covenant and Communication A Christian Moral

In dialogue with Jyrgen Habermas's communicative ethics, Covenant and Communication constructively explores a covenantal-communicative model of Christian ethics. Author Hak Joon Lee analyzes themes of freedom, equality, and reciprocity in Habermas's theory of communication from the perspective of the Reformed Christian doctrines of covenant and the Trinity.

Hak Joon Lee is Associate Professor of Ethics and Community at New Brunswick Theological Seminary.

Foreword

ix

Preface

xiii

Introduction: Christian Public Engagement in a Global Society

1

(1)

Liberal Democracy and a Global Society

1

(6)

Thesis

7

(2)

Order

9

(4)

Jurgen Habermas' Communicative Ethics

13

(38)

Jurgen Habermas and Modernity/Postmodernity

13

(4)

Communicative Ethics and Pluralism

15

(1)

Conflict Resolution

Critique of Liberalism and Communitarianism

16

(1)

Communicative Action Theory

17

(3)

Types of Action

18

(1)

System and Lifeworld

19

(1)

Communicative Ethics

20

(15)

Methodology

20

(1)

Understanding

20

(1)

Rationality

21

(2)

Ideal Speech Situation

23

(2)

The Process of Ethical Reasoning

25

(1)

Tasks

25

(3)

Communicative Idea of Morality and Laws

28

(1)

Communicative Ethics and Democratic Politics

29

(1)

Participation

29

(1)

Freedom of Speech

29

(1)

Solidarity

29

(1)

Moral Agency: Post-Conventional Self

30

(1)

The Right and the Good

31

(2)

Communicative Ethics and Civil Society

33

(2)

Critique of Habermas: Habermas and Religion

35

(10)

Contribution

35

(1)

Critique

36

(1)

Habermas and Religion

37

(1)

Social Spheres

38

(2)

Communitarian Virtues and Communication

40

(1)

Rationality and Religious Discourse

41

(2)

Religious Validity Claims

43

(2)

Summary

45

(6)

Covenantal Theology and Communicative Ethics

51

(44)

Covenantal Theology

52

(15)

An Overview

52

(2)

Meaning of Covenant

54

(1)

Covenant and the Church

54

(1)

The Independence of the Church

54

(1)

The Limitation of Power

55

(1)

Church and Covenantal Principle

56

(1)

Human Rights

57

(1)

The State

58

(3)

Covenantal Theology and Liberalism

61

(3)

Covenantal Theology and Pluralism: Social Spheres and Institutions

64

(3)

Critique of Covenantal Theology

67

(2)

Nature and Characteristics of Covenant

69

(8)

Covenant in a Global Society

77

(2)

Communicative Ethics and Covenant: Critical Comparison

79

(8)

Similarities

79

(5)

Differences

84

(3)

Summary

87

(8)

The Trinity and Communicative Ethics

95

(30)

The Trinity: Social Doctrine of the Trinity

97

(4)

Perichoresis

98

(2)

Father, Son and the Spirit

100

(1)

Communicative Economy of the Spirit and the Logos

101

(2)

The Trinity and Person: The Imago Dei

103

(5)

The Trinity, Covenant, and Communicative Action

108

(9)

The Trinity and Communication

109

(2)

The Trinity, Communication, and Habermas

111

(6)

The Trinity and Interreligious Dialogue

117

(3)

Summary

120

(5)

Covenantal-Communicative Ethics

125

(32)

Methodology

125

(9)

Covenantal-Communicative Ethics and Four Sources of Christian Ethics

125

(1)

Method

126

(2)

Common Grace and Common Moral Experiences

128

(2)

Covenantal-Communicative Ethics and Rules and Goals

130

(1)

Law and Gospel

131

(1)

Covenantal-Communicative Ethics and the Covenant of Grace

132

(2)

Conscience

134

(7)

The Church

141

(5)

Communication, Covenant, and Communion

146

(3)

Society

149

(8)

Covenantal-Communicative Ethics and Structuration of Society

149

(1)

Covenantal-Communicative Ethics and Social Spheres

150

(7)

Covenantal-Communicative Ethics in Conversation

157

(52)

Narrative Ethics

157

(20)

Stanley Hauerwas' Critique of Liberalism

157

(1)

Narrative and Character

158

(3)

Critique of Stanley Hauerwas

161

(2)

Communication and Narrative

163

(2)

Narrative and Moral Principles: A Covenantal-Communicative Perspective

165

(2)

Covenantal-Communicative Approach to Character/Virtue

167

(1)

The Spirit and Moral Formation

168

(3)

Covenantal Virtues

171

(1)

Fidelity

171

(1)

Honesty

171

(1)

Solidaric Catholicity

172

(1)

Gratitude

173

(1)

Covenant, Character, and Vocation

173

(2)

Vocation

175

(2)

Catholic Ethics of Human Rights

177

(19)

David Hollenbach's Catholic Theory of Human Rights

177

(3)

Critique of David Hollenbach

180

(2)

Covenantal-Communicative Ethics and Human Rights

182

(1)

Human Rights as the Common Morality: Communicative Basis

182

(3)

Human Rights: Covenantal Justification

185

(6)

Civil-Political Rights

191

(1)

Social-Economic Rights

192

(1)

Cultural-Communal Rights

193

(1)

Ecological Rights

193

(2)

Summary

195

(1)

Liberation Ethics

196

(6)

Covenantal-Communicative Ethics and Liberation/Reconciliation

202

(7)

Conclusion

209

(6)

Bibliography

215

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Covenant and Communication A Christian Moral Conversation with JYrgen Habermas

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