Ian S. Markham 
A Theology of Engagement [PDF ebook] 

Acknowledgments viii
Introduction 1
1 Engagement: What it is and Why it Matters 7
2 Augustine’s Theological Methodology 30
3 Assimilation, Resistance, and Overhearing 48
4 Assimilation: Engagement with Human Rights 62
5 Resistance: The Heresy of State Sovereignty and the Religious Imperative for Intervention to Defend
Human Rights 71
6 Assimilation: The Importance of the Black and Feminist Perspectives 86
7 Overhearing: Clash of Discourses – Secular in the West Against the Secular in India 109
8 Overhearing: Thinking about Hinduism, Inclusivity, and Toleration 123
9 Assimilation: Christianity and the Consensus around Capitalism 138
10 Assimilation and Overhearing: Rethinking Globalization – Bediuzzaman Said Nursi’s Risale-I Nur, Hardt, and Negri 147
11 Keith Ward: An Engaged Theologian 159
12 Engaging with the Pope: Engagement yet Not Engagement 168
13 The Shape of an Engaged Theology 191
Conclusion 208
Notes 210
References 235
Index 245

Ian S. Markham is Dean of Hartford Seminary, Connecticut and Professor of Theology and Ethics. He is the author of numerous books, including Plurality and Christian Ethics (1994) and Truth and the Reality of God (1999). For Blackwell Publishing he has edited A World Religions Reader (second edition, 1999) and Encountering Religion (2000). He is the editor of Conversations in Religion and Theology.