Between Two Rivers (eBook)

Ronald H. Stone taught for many years at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and the University of Pittsburgh. After retiring, he continues to teach in Carnegie Mellon University's Osher Life Long Learning Program. He studied at Union Seminary and Columbia University in New York City, where he served as Reinhold Niebuhr’s last teaching assistant and met Paul Tillich. He has published more than twenty books on religion, politics, and philosophy, and served as the president of the North American Paul Tillich Society and founding board member of the Niebuhr Society.

Introduction1. Birth2. Childhood3. High School4. Morningside College5. Mexico City College6. Junior College7. Pre-Theological Student8. Marriage and Church9. New York City10. Europe11. Christian Social Ethics12. Philosophy13. Oxford14. Reinhold Niebuhr15. Faith and Politics16. Teaching and Leaving Columbia17. Associate Professor in Pittsburgh18. “The King’s Chapel and the King’s Court”19. Early Days at Pittsburgh Seminary20. The Death of Reinhold21. Cambridge University22. Professor of Social Ethics23. Beyond Niebuhr24. Realism and Hope25. Randy in Nova Scotia26. Urban Ethics Course27. Seeking Greek Orthodoxy28. Response to Liberation Theology29. Paul Tillich30. Peacemaking and the Presbyterians31 East Liberty Presbyterian Church32. Between Jerusalem and Bethlehem33. Church and Society34. Reformed Faith and Politics35. Rome and Budapest36. Siberia37. East Berlin38. Marriage39. Resistance to Militarism40. India41. John C. Bennett 42. Third Presbyterian Church43. Post–India Writing44. Peacemaking45. Theological Educators for Presbyterian Social Witness46. Robert Chesnut47. Father, 199048. Latin America49. Urban Ministry50. Patricia51. Randall52. Spies53. John Witherspoon 54. Justice and Peacemaking55. Amazon56. Mother57. John Bennett and Nuclear Weapons58. Politics59. Cuba60. Just Peacemaking and Humanitarian Intervention61. Oxbridge Revisited 62. Church and State63. Letters from Africa64. Against the Third Reich65. The Ultimate Imperative66. Religion in the New Millennium67. John Wesley’s Ethics68. Terrorism and Foreign Policy69. Semi-Retirement and Divorce70. Christian Social Ethics as Vocation71. On Speaking to Hezbollah72. Prophetic Realism73. Visit to China74. Return to Rome75. Marriage and Family76. Eber: Pioneer in Iowa77. Moral Reflections on Foreign Policy in a Religious War78. Niebuhr and Tillich79. Concluding ReflectionsBibliography